‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) was in vain eliminated from the 2024 Asian Individual Badminton Championships.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young lost 0-2 (17-21 18-21) to China’s He Bingjiao (world No. 16) in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the tournament held in Ningbo, China on the 12th.
Ahn Se-young lost the set after conceding four consecutive points at 17-17 while the match was continuing in the middle of the first set.
In the second set, it was painful to see that the score gap widened to 6-12 due to five consecutive goals conceded.
Ahn Se-young patiently caught up to 15-16, but was unable to tie the score and had to accept defeat.
It has been about two years since the semifinals of the Indonesia Open in June 2022 that Ahn Se-young bowed to He Bingjiao in an international competition.
Since then, An Se-young has faced He Bing-jiao seven times and won all of them.
This is where it is clearly revealed that Ahn Se-young injured her knee at last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games and has not yet recovered to her full potential.
Ahn Se-young, who has been undergoing rehabilitation and training in parallel, showed ups and downs as she suffered from minor injuries and poor physical strength.
He won his first win since returning from injury at the Malaysia Open in January this year, but withdrew from the Indian Open quarterfinals the following week due to a thigh muscle injury.
At the All England Open, where she competed after winning the French Open last month, she was unable to reach the finals after being defeated by Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) due to physical problems.
Ahn Se-young was eliminated from this year’s Asian Championships and had to postpone achieving her goal of the ‘Grand Slam’ (winning the Olympics, Asian Games, Asian Championships, and World Championships).
Last year, he took second place in this competition.
/yunhap news
2024-04-12 08:15:53
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