Ahn Se-young shows a relaxed expression during the match against Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaha (Maldives) in the badminton women’s singles round of 16 match at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. [연합뉴스]
‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) has started in earnest to achieve two Asian Games gold medals. After winning the gold medal with overwhelming performance in the team event, they are cruising toward the top in the individual event as well.
Ahn Se-young advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaha (Maldives) 2-0 (21-4, 21-6) in the badminton women’s singles round of 16 held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, on the 4th. It was literally a one-sided match. She gave up only 10 points in both sets and easily finished the first set in 9 minutes and the second set in 12 minutes. The audience was agitated by the overwhelming performance of the world number one women’s singles player.
He is also full of confidence. On the 1st, she laid the foundation for the gold medal by defeating her opponent Chen Yufei 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) in the first singles match of the women’s team final against China. Her confidence and experience of overpowering Chen Yu Fei, who is ranked 3rd and is playing with her home advantage on her back, are expected to be a great strength in her individual competition as well. The individual finals will be held at the same location on the afternoon of the 7th. Moreover, world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) suffered an injury during her team event and announced that she would withdraw from her individual event. With second seed Yamaguchi withdrawing from her individual event, Ahn Se-young will not meet the world’s top four before her final.
Ahn Se-young’s game scene. [연합뉴스]
If Ahn Se-young wins the women’s singles, it will be the first feat in 29 years since Bang Bang-hyeon at the 1994 Hiroshima Games. In the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang competition, which was her Asian Games debut, she was able to wash away the regret of being eliminated in the first round. Ahn Se-young said, “Athletes from other sports such as Hwang Seon-woo (swimming) and Shin Yu-bin (table tennis) sent me congratulatory messages for winning the team event, but I have not yet responded,” adding, “I will finish the individual event well with the encouragement of the athletes in various events who achieved good results.” .
Ahn Se-young is rewriting the history of badminton singles on the world stage beyond the Asian Games. He first picked up his racket when he was a freshman at Pungam Elementary School in Gwangju and has continued to rise rapidly. He surprised the badminton world by defeating high school students, college students, and even business team players in the national team selection match he participated in at the age of 15, and wearing the Taegeuk mark. The world ranking, which started at 1335th place in February 2018 when he attempted the adult stage, soared to 1st place in 5 years.
Ahn Se-young’s golden run in 2023
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said of Ahn Se-young, who is challenging for two gold medals at the Asian Games, “Although she has already reached the top level, she is evolving faster and more completely,” adding, “Rivals that were once considered threatening are now a stain in the rear-view mirror. He praised it, saying, “It changed it into something like specks in her rearview mirror.”
The World Badminton Federation also mentioned Ahn Se-young’s strengths, saying, “A half smash executed with precision while still maintaining a unique sense of stability, an error-free drop shot, an unwavering net game, a flick that deceives the opponent’s eyes (a low, fast serve by flicking the wrist), and “It was additionally equipped with new weapons such as push,” he analyzed.
Not only Ahn Se-young, but also other athletes reported victory one after another on the 4th. The 15th-ranked men’s doubles pair, Choi Sol-gyu (Yonex) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance), defeated the 2nd-ranked Chinese pair, Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, in the round of 16, 2-1 (21-10, 18-21, 23-21). defeated them and advanced to the quarterfinals. The Choi-Kim team won in their fourth meeting after losing all three matches to the Ryang-Wang team.
The women’s doubles team of Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong won 2-1 (21-15, 18-21, 12-13) over India’s Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, and the mixed doubles team of Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) ) Group also defeated Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukro-Sapsiri Taerattanacha group 2-0 (21-13, 21-11). The badminton team will challenge to win medals in all events in the individual competition.
Reporter Song Ji-hoon [email protected]
2023-10-04 15:41:32
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