Ahn Se-young: Shocking Result & Badminton Future

Oh no! Ahn Se-young, ‘What is this?’ Shocking result… Even if you win, you ‘stand still’ If you fail, you are chased, and the ‘lonely fight’ continues.

Ahn Se-young, world number one in badminton women’s singles, continues her lonely fight.

Seyoung Ahn will participate in the 2026 Asian Team Badminton Championships, which will be held in Qingdao, China from February 3rd to 8th. This tournament is a prelude to the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games to be held in September, and attention is focused on whether Korean badminton, which is enjoying its heyday, will be able to reach its peak.

The most anticipated candidate is, of course, Ahn Se-young. Ahn Se-young, who won 11 gold medals last season and swept both major competitions held early this year, is determined to get to the top of the podium once again, defeating China’s Wang Ziyi (world ranking 2nd), Chen Yufei (world ranking 4th), and Han Yue (world ranking 5th) with the ‘home buff’ on her back.

There are plenty of possibilities. Recently, Ahn Se-young has been showing performances that seem to have no rivals. Some are saying that it is difficult to call the Chinese trio as rivals.

In fact, Ahn Se-young is leading the way, winning 30 consecutive official matches and winning 6 consecutive competitions. Accordingly, the joke continues that Ahn Se-young’s only enemy is Ahn Se-young.

Ahn Se-young’s majesty can be seen through the rankings of women’s singles players announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on the 27th. Here, Ahn Se-young took first place with 117,270 points. Wang Ziyi maintained second place with 103,362 points. Looking at the ranking point trends of the two players, there is something puzzling. Ahn Se-young defeated Wang Zhiyi in succession in the finals of the Malaysia Open and India Open, but there was no change in the ranking points of the two players.

This is the result of a unique calculation method. BWF is summing up the records of the top 10 competitions with the highest ranking points on a yearly basis. Ironically, in the case of Ahn Se-young, because of her overwhelming performance last year, it has become difficult for her ranking points to soar this year. This is because even if you win the title at a competition of the same level, your performance in the top 10 competitions is already effectively reflected. Wang Zhiyi can also be interpreted in the same context. In other words, in order to widen the gap with Wang Ziyi, Ahn Se-young has to surpass last year’s record or hope that Wang Ziyi collapses.