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Akane Yamaguchi defeated Ahn Se-young in the semifinals of the 2024 All England Open women’s singles last March, but ended up finishing as runner-up. AP Yonhap News
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Akane Yamaguchi defeated Ahn Se-young in the semifinals of the 2024 All England Open women’s singles last March, but ended up finishing as runner-up. AP Yonhap News
Following world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) was also eliminated, making the semifinals of the women’s singles at the 2024 Asian Individual Badminton Championships a world of China.
Yamaguchi failed to advance to the semifinals after losing 0-2 (13-21 16-21) to Han Yue (China), ranked 7th in the world, in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the tournament held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 12th.
Previously, Ahn Se-young was defeated by world number 6 He Bingjiao (China) 0-2 (17-21 18-21) and did not advance to the semifinals. The day before, world No. 3 Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan) fell to No. 13 Ohori Aya (Japan) 0-2 (20-22 14-21), becoming the victim of the first upset of this tournament. However, Oh Hori was eliminated after losing 1-2 (21-15 12-21 11-21) to world number 9 Wang Ziyi (China) in the quarterfinals that day.
Among the four kings of women’s singles, An Se-young, Tai Tzu-ying, and Yamaguchi were all eliminated, and world No. 2 Chen Yufei (China) defeated No. 8 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) 2-0 (21-16 21-19). and joined the semifinals.
Accordingly, the semifinal matchup was structured as a match between Chen Yufei and Han Hue, and He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi. China swept all the gold, silver, and bronze medals in the women’s singles event at this tournament.
This is the first time in nine years that a country has swept all medals in one event at the Asian Individual Badminton Championships since China swept the men’s singles medals in 2015. At that time, China dominated the gold medal with Lin Dan, as well as two silver and bronze medals.
Reporter Hong Ji-min
2024-04-12 13:43:44
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