[서울=뉴시스]Reporter Park Yoon-seo = The Korean women’s badminton team advanced to the semifinals of the 2026 Asian Men’s and Women’s Team Badminton Championships thanks to the performance of ‘world’s strongest’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance).
The women’s badminton team defeated Malaysia with a match score of 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the tournament held in Qingdao, China on the 6th.
Korea advanced to the quarterfinals as first place in the group by defeating Singapore (5-0) and Chinese Taipei (4-1) in the group stage, then defeated Malaysia to advance to the semifinals and earned the right to participate in the World Women’s Team Championship (Uber Cup).
This competition, held every two years, is a national competition, and 11 countries participated in the women’s division this year. Teams that advance to the semifinals or higher will be given the right to advance to the finals.
Ahn Se-young, world number one in women’s singles, who appeared as the first runner in the first match, got off to a fresh start by defeating world number 37 Letshana Karupatevan 2-0 (21-11 21-11) in 36 minutes.
In the next two matches, the world’s No. 3 women’s doubles team, Baek Ha-na (Incheon International Airport) and Kim Hye-jung (Samsung Life Insurance), defeated the world’s No. 25 Ong Shin-i and Kamon Ting (25th place) by 2-0 (21-13, 21-9), and the world’s No. 70 Park Ga-eun (Gimcheon City Hall, 70th place) in the women’s singles also defeated world No. 41 Wong Ling-qing in three matches. They defeated the team 2-0 (21-16 21-12) and advanced to the semifinals.
Korea will compete with Indonesia in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
The women’s badminton team, which finished second in the 2020 and 2022 competitions, is attempting to win its first championship.
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