(Reporter Kim Hyun-gi, Xports News) Korean badminton players in their new prime, including Ahn Se-young, world number one in badminton women’s singles, are competing to become the top team player this time.
In particular, this tournament is scheduled to be broadcast on a cable channel, so badminton fans and the public are expected to be able to more conveniently watch world-class Korean badminton players such as Ahn Se-young, world No. 1 men’s doubles Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-jo, and last year’s BWF World Tour Finals women’s doubles winners Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na.
Korean national team players, including Ahn Se-young, are taking a break after finishing the 2026 Badminton World Federation (BWF) India Open (Super 750) on the 18th.
There was no end-of-year holiday for the national team’s main players. After finishing the BWF World Tour Finals on December 21 last year, he left for the Malaysia Open (Super 1000) on December 31, the last day before the end of the year. I celebrated the New Year on an airplane.
It was only after the Malaysia Open and India Open that I was able to take a two-week break.
The next competition is the 2026 Asian Men’s and Women’s Team Badminton Championships held in Qingdao, China from February 3 to 8, and is literally a team event.
The men’s team event and the women’s team event will be held simultaneously, and each match will be held in three singles and two doubles.
Korea will challenge for both the men’s and women’s national teams to win this tournament.
In the case of the men’s national team, Korea was not seeded and was placed in Group B with Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The women’s national team was seeded second and will play in Group Z against Chinese Taipei and Singapore.
1st and 2nd place from each group advance to the quarterfinals and a tournament will determine the winner.
As the BWF Tour tournaments in which Ahn Se-young and others participated were broadcast through OTT, which requires a separate fee, many people asked, “Where can I watch Ahn Se-young’s matches wearing the Taegeuk symbol?” However, since this tournament was broadcast on a cable channel (ENA Sports), the possibility of many fans watching Ahn Se-young’s masterpieces has increased.
After finishing the Asian Men’s and Women’s Team Badminton Championships, Ahn Se-young will take a break again and then compete in the 127-year-old All England Open (Super 1000) held in Birmingham, England’s second largest city, in early March, attempting to win her second consecutive title and third overall.
Unlike last year, it appears that he will not participate in the rehearsal competition (Super 300) held in Europe right before the All England Open.
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