Ahn Se-young is happy after winning the first singles match against Thailand in the women’s badminton team semifinals held on the 30th. Photo = Yonhap News, August 23, 2018. In the first round of the badminton women’s singles at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games (AG) held at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Istora Badminton Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Ahn Se-young, who was a freshman in high school at the time, defeated China’s Chen Yufei 0-2 ( They lost 15-21, 8-21) and packed up early. She was called a ‘badminton genius girl’ and she was the first student athlete since Lee Yong-dae to be selected for the adult national team, but she was very disappointed.
Ahn Se-young takes revenge on the AG stage for the first time in five years. There is a high possibility that he will face Chen Yufei in the first singles team event on the 1st.
The Korean women’s badminton team defeated Thailand 3-1 in the women’s team semifinals of the tournament held at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 30th. They will face the host country, China, who defeated Japan 3-1, in the final. It starts at 10 a.m. Korean time.
Aces Ahn Se-young and Chen Yu-fei, representing Korea and China, will be the first runners in first singles in both previous matches. As long as the starting lineup is not changed, the match will be held.
Photo = Yonhap News To Ahn Se-young, Chen Yu-fei was a ‘high wall’.
After losing to Chen Yufei at AG, Ahn Se-young prepared for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics without resting even for a day. However, she faced Ahn Se-young in the quarterfinals and suffered a defeat by 0-2 (18-21, 19-21).
Ahn Se-young surpassed his ‘natural enemy’ Chen Yu-fei and grew into the world’s best player. He finally defeated Chen Yufei in the Malaysia Masters final in July last year. It was his first win after a seven-game losing streak over four years, starting with his first loss.
Ahn Se-young (second from left) won the BWF World Championship last August. The one on the far right is China’s Chen Yufei. Xinhua = Yonhap News Recently, Ahn Se-young’s momentum is sky-high. He has won eight times, runner-up three times, and third place once in the 12 international competitions he participated in this year. Last March, she won the All England Open, badminton’s most prestigious tournament, and won the first women’s singles gold medal in 27 years since Bang Bang-hyun in 1996. And by August, she had surpassed Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi to climb to her world No. 1 spot.
Ahn Se-young plans to break the semi-final structure with Yamaguchi, Chen Yu-fei, and Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan) through this tournament and completely defeat them.
Korean badminton suffered the humiliation of ‘no gold’ from AG in 2018. There were no silver or bronze medals, let alone gold medals. Korean badminton’s last win in the women’s team event was in 1994, and they are attempting to win the gold medal for the first time in 29 years.
Ahn Se-young’s performance in the final on the 1st is important. Only if he gets off to a good start in his first match will he be able to ease the burden on the singles and doubles runners who follow him.
Chen Yufei, China. Xinhua News Agency = Yonhap News Moreover, the home team’s Chinese fans are showing tremendous enthusiasm at Hangzhou Binjiang Stadium. Because the stadium is not large, the fans’ shouts of ‘Jjayo (cheer up)’ echo even louder. Accordingly, Ahn Se-young also chose China as a more difficult opponent. He said, “The cheering for China was so loud that I couldn’t even hear the coach’s strategy instructions,” but added, “I won’t worry about it because the game is played on its own (without being swayed by outside forces).”
Ahn Se-young is still inferior to Chen Yu-fei with 6 wins and 10 losses in her career, but this year she is ahead with 5 wins and 2 losses.
He, who has heavier shoulders than anyone else, said, “The national team prepared really hard. We watched the Asian Games without a break from dawn, morning, afternoon, and night training. We have to return with good results.” (Like the semifinals and first singles of the team competition) ) After a tough game, I can breathe better and play better in the future. So I’m looking forward to it even more,” he said with a smile.
Reporter Lee Hyeong-seok [email protected]
2023-09-30 20:58:40
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