Ahn Se-young (24, world No. 1) won the championship by defeating Wang Zhiyi (26, China) 2-0 in the women’s singles final of the World Badminton Federation World Tour Super 750 India Open held in New Delhi, India. As a result, Ahn Se-young achieved two wins this season, including winning the Malaysia Open, the first tournament of the year, and this year’s India Open, and succeeded in winning for the second time in a row since last year.
‘Korean badminton queen’ Ahn Se-young (24, world No. 1) showed off her overwhelming skills and won the championship in the second competition of the new year. Second win this season. Wang Zhiyi (26, China), ranked second in the world, was still no match for Ahn Se-young.
Ahn Se-young won the championship by defeating Wang Zhiyi 2-0 (21-13, 21-11) in the women’s singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 India Open held at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India on the 18th (Korean time).
As a result, Ahn Se-young succeeded in winning two games this season, including winning the Malaysian Open, the first tournament of the year, and winning the Indian Open. This tournament was won for the second time in a row since last year. Also, including last season, this is their 6th consecutive win.
In addition, with this victory, Ahn Se-young gained an overwhelming advantage over Wang Zhiyi with 18 wins and 4 losses in their overall record against each other. Ahn Se-young won all eight matches against Wang Zhiyi last year. And he won both competitions this year. The overwhelming advantage of the recent 10 consecutive wins, on the other hand, can be said to be humiliation for Wang Ziyi. In addition, Ahn Se-young succeeded in winning 30 consecutive official matches.
Seyoung Ahn overwhelmed Wang Ziyi with her skills from the beginning of the first game. Ahn Se-young, who took a 7-1 lead from the beginning, was chased by two points, 15-13, at one point. But Wang Ziyi’s counterattack ended here. Ahn Se-young scored 6 consecutive points and ended up winning 21-13 in game 1.
Game 2 was even easier. Ahn Se-young roamed every corner of the court based on her tireless stamina. He harassed Wang Ziyi with sharp and accurate attacks. Wang Ziyi made a few mistakes and was shaken. Ahn Se-young, who ran from 10-6 to 14-9, eventually made it 19-10. Although he gave up 1 point, he eventually won a match point and enjoyed the joy with his characteristic roar.
After advancing to the finals, Ahn Se-young made a passionate statement through the official channel of the Korea Badminton Association, saying, “I really think the moment of winning 21-0 is the perfect moment and I want to achieve that moment,” and then added, “I think there is still a lot left. I think it will take a long time to do that.” And although it was not ’21-0′, he once again showed an overwhelming difference in skill and won a valuable winner’s medal.
Meanwhile, Ahn Se-young dominated the world badminton world last year and stood tall again as the strongest player. In the 2025 season, he won 3 Super 1000 level competitions (Malaysia Open, All England Open, Indonesia Open), 5 Super 750 level competitions (India Open, Japan Open, China Masters, Denmark Open, French Open), Super 500 Australian Open, Super 300 Orleans Masters, and even the World Tour Finals, the king of kings, to reach 11 wins in the season. Success.
In addition, he matched the record for most wins (11 wins) in a single season set by Japanese male player Kento Momota in 2019. The record for most wins by a women’s singles player in a single season was Ahn Se-young’s 9 wins in 2023. In addition, Ahn Se-young won a whopping 73 out of 77 games in 2025, setting an impressive win rate of 94.8%. This record surpasses the season’s highest winning percentage (92.75%, 64 wins, 5 losses) set by Lin Dan (China) in men’s singles in 2011.
The prize money was also very large. Ahn Se-young added $240,000 (approximately KRW 340 million) in prize money by winning the World Tour Finals, exceeding the cumulative prize money of $1,003,175 (approximately KRW 1.44 billion). Ahn Se-young is the first player in history to open the era of $1 million in prize money in a single season. In the end, based on this great performance, Ahn Se-young was selected as BWF Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years and Player of the Year chosen by her peers for two consecutive years.
Now, Ahn Se-young plans to return to Korea on the 19th and accelerate her efforts to win the next competition.
