Ahn Se-young Advances to Quarterfinals with Victory over Thai Opponent

Defeated Thailand 2-0 in the women’s singles round of 16 on the 11th.

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Badminton queen Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who is aiming to win her first Asian Championships, reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in 42 minutes.

World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated 20th-ranked Busanan Ngbamrungpan (Thailand) 2-0 (21-18 21-9) in the women’s singles round of 16 of the 2024 Asian Individual Badminton Championships held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 11th and advanced to the quarterfinals. advanced into

Ahn Se-young, who had fought a fierce battle for 1 hour and 22 minutes against 17th ranked Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) in the round of 32 the previous day, easily defeated her opponent in 42 minutes. Ahn Se-young recorded a 7-game win streak against Ngbamrungpan.

Ahn Se-young competes with world number 6 He Bingjiao (China) to advance to the semifinals. According to the original prediction, Ahn Se-young was highly likely to meet world number 3 and defending champion Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan) in the semifinals, but as Tai Tzu-ying was eliminated in the round of 16 on this day by world number 13 Ohori Aya (Japan), Ahn Se-young advanced to the semifinals. If he gets there, he will compete with the winner of Ohori and world number 9 Wang Ziyi (China) to advance to the finals.

On this day, Ahn Se-young was ahead by 2-3 points in the first game against Ngbamrungpan, but was caught up at the last minute and allowed the score to be tied 17-17, but later scored 3 points in a row to take the game point and overcome the crisis. Ahn Se-young, riding the trend, scored consecutive points from the start in the second game to take a 5-0 lead, and then scored 7 points in a row to tie the game at 10-5.

Korea’s mixed doubles Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) – Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) – Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office); women’s doubles Yu-rim Lee (Samsung Life Insurance) – Shin Seung-chan (Pocheon City Hall) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaul Geumgo) ) – Sohee Lee (Incheon International Airport) also advanced to the quarterfinals.

Reporter Hong Ji-min

2024-04-11 13:28:34
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