Badminton player Ahn Se-young, who won two gold medals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, is holding up a medal while wearing a crown after returning to Korea through Incheon International Airport. [연합뉴스 자료사진]
‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) rose to the top of an international competition for the first time since injuring her knee at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held last year.
Ahn Se-young, ranked No. 1 in the world, defeated Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan), ranked No. 4 in the world, 2-1 (10-21 21-10 21-) in the women’s singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Malaysia Open held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 14th. 18) and won the championship.
In the finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games held in early October last year, Ahn Se-young, who continued to play despite complaining of pain due to a knee injury, defeated Chen Yu-fei (China) and won the gold medal, experiencing the joy of winning an international competition for the first time since then.
Ahn Se-young, who won a bronze medal after losing to Chen Yu-fei in the semifinals at the Japan Masters last November, on her return after the Asian Games, was eliminated in the round of 16 at the China Masters held in the same month, failing to stand on the podium at an international competition for the first time in 2023.
Last month, at the BWF World Tour Finals, she lost 1-2 in the semifinals against Tai Tzu-ying and did not advance to the finals.
In this tournament, which was first played in 2024 when the Paris Olympics are held, she struggled, losing to world number 22 Yeo Amin (Singapore) in the quarterfinals, but later made a comeback by completely defeating Zhang Yiman (China) in the semifinals and taking revenge on Tai Tzuying in the finals. informed.
Ahn Se-young, who had a 10-3 lead over Tai Tzu-ying in her opponent’s record, lost to Tai Tzu-ying in the first game, but regained her dominance by winning the second game 21-10.
In the third game that followed, they overcame a close match and confirmed the win.
Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles final, Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) lost 0-2 (18-21 15-21) to Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, taking second place.
2024-01-14 20:03:31
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