Korean badminton advances to quarterfinals in 4 events, including women’s individual event
Like a practice game… Ahn Se-young defeats Maldives in 21 minutes
“After winning gold in the team event, I am greedy for two gold medals… I hope Yamaguchi gets better quickly.”
Ahn Se-young is facing Maldives’ Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaja in the badminton women’s singles round of 16 of the Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Hangzhou = Yonhap News
The badminton team, which won the gold medal in the women’s badminton team event at the Asian Games for the first time in 29 years, is continuing its good form in the women’s individual event. Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), the top contributor to the gold medal in the team event, easily defeated her opponent as if it were a practice game and settled in the quarterfinals. Ahn Se-young showed motivation, saying, “Rather than feeling comfortable after winning her gold medal, I became greedy (about winning two gold medals).”
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaha (205th, Maldives) 2-0 (21-4 21-6) in the badminton women’s singles round of 16 at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Advanced to the quarterfinals. She finished the round of 32 in 23 minutes and Ahn Se-young, who advanced to the round of 16, showed off an overwhelming performance by defeating Navaja in 21 minutes.
After the game, Ahn Se-young said, “I was surprised to receive so many calls after winning the team event. I will definitely contact each and every one of you after the individual competition is over.” She said, “From my experience, if I get greedy, things don’t always work out,” and she pledged, “I just want to do my best every day.”
Ahn Se-young, who won the gold medal by defeating the host country, China, in the women’s team event, is also considered a strong candidate to win the individual event. Her world number two and her rival Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) is out due to injury, so she is further left without an opponent. But Ahn Se-young is not letting go of the reins.
Ahn Se-young did not let down her guard, saying, “I think I’m really going to grit my teeth because China lost in the team match.” He continued, “It’s the same for me, but even if you win once, it’s not easy to win twice. The Chinese players will come in really well prepared, so I’ll do my best to prepare well and show them how to have fun.” Regarding Yamaguchi, who could not compete in the individual competition, he said, “If Yamaguchi had come out, we would have met in the finals,” and added, “I hope he gets better quickly and we can play together in the next competition,” and expressed camaraderie.
On this day, the badminton team continued its cruise by reaching the quarterfinals in the women’s individual event, women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. In the women’s doubles, the world’s third-ranked pair, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, defeated India to advance to the quarterfinals, and in the men’s doubles, the world’s No. 3 pair, Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho, defeated China after a close match. In mixed doubles, the pair of Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong defeated Thailand and advanced to the next round. The Asian Games badminton quarterfinals will be held on the 5th.
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2023-10-04 09:14:39
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