Ahn Se-young wins 2-0 over Wang Zhiyi… Preparing for the Australian Open next month
Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae won 2-1 over Alpian-Pikri.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young won 2-0 (21-13 21-7) in the 2025 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 Women’s Singles final against world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi (China) held in Sessong-Sevigne, France on the 26th (Korean time).
With this victory, Ahn Se-young won for two consecutive weeks following the Denmark Open (Super 750) on the 19th.
▲Malaysia Open (Super 1000) ▲India Open (Super 750) ▲Orléans Masters (Super 300) ▲All England Open (Super 1000) ▲Indonesia Open (Super 1000) ▲Japan Open (Super 750) ▲China Masters (Super 750) 750) ▲This is also the 9th win of the season following the Denmark Open. do.
In addition, his record against Wang Ziyi widened to 15 wins (4 losses) out of 19 matches.
Ahn Se-young, the gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, also went through some hardships this year.
Last July, at the China Open (Super 1000), he withdrew in the semifinals due to a knee injury and missed the so-called ‘Super 1000 Slam’, which involves winning all four Super 1000 competitions in a season.
At the 2025 World Individual Badminton Championships in August, he attempted to win the title for the second time in a row, but was defeated in the semifinals by his ‘natural enemy’, world number 5 Chen Yufei (China).
In September, she participated in the Korea Open (Super 500) for the first time in two years, but was caught by world number 3 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), who had never lost in three meetings this year, and only finished in second place.
Ahn Se-young once again proved her qualifications as the world’s best by winning the Danish Open and the French Open.
Se-young Ahn will continue her preparations for the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals in December by participating in the Australian Open (Super 500), which will be held for six days from the 18th to the 23rd of next month (local time).
The World Tour Finals is a ‘Battle of the Kings’ competition in which eight players (teams) who achieved outstanding results in five events, including men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, clash in this year’s international competition.
After fighting to get to 9-9, they widened the gap by scoring consecutive points.
Seyoung Ahn put pressure on Wang Ziyi with exquisite hairpins and powerful smashes, winning the first game with a score of 21-13.
Game 2 was even more one-sided on Ahn Se-young’s side.
Wang Ziyi seemed in a hurry to block Ahn Se-young’s attack.
Ahn Se-young scored 5 consecutive points from 0-0 to 5-0 and 6 consecutive points from 7-3 to 13-3.
Ahn Se-young, who looked lighter than usual, easily defeated Wang Ziyi and became the champion.
After the victory was confirmed, Ahn Se-young held a ceremony by roaring towards the audience.
At the awards ceremony, he also showed respect for his opponent by standing on top of the podium with Wang Ziyi and taking a commemorative photo.
Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae achieved 9 wins in the season like Ahn Se-young, following ▲Malaysia Open ▲German Open (Super 300) ▲All England Open ▲Indonesia Open ▲Japan Open ▲World Individual Badminton Championships ▲China Masters ▲Korea Open (Super 500).
Against Alfian-Fikri, they had three consecutive wins, following the China Masters final and Korea Open final (2-0 win).
Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae resolved their disappointment of being eliminated in the round of 16 of the previous Denmark Open by winning the French Open.
The two players are scheduled to participate in the Kumamost Masters (Super 500), which will be held from the 11th to the 16th of next month local time.
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