'Slostater'Ahn Se-young settles down to the semifinals with consecutive come-from-behind wins, overcoming one game inferiority and showing off the world's strongest competence
Oct 18, 2024
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World No. 2 Ahn Se-young is world No. 11 Sufani in the quarterfinals of the '2024 Danish Open (Super 750)' held in Odense, Denmark on the 18th (Korea time) It came from behind to advance to the semifinals with a 2-1 game score (12-21, 21-10, 21-12) against Katton (Thailand).
The Danish Open drew attention as it was Ahn Se-young's first international competition in more than two months since she achieved a gold medal in women's singles at the Paris Olympics in August.
More than two months ago, Ahn Se-young caused a huge stir by making remarks calling for improvement on the problems of the Badminton Korea Association and restrictions on players' personal sponsorship products, as if determined as soon as she won the gold medal.
After returning home, I had to take a long break to recover from my knee injury. Ahn Se-young participated in the 105th National Sports Festival's women's general team event held from the 9th to the 12th, helping her team Samsung Life Insurance (Busan representative) win the championship.
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He looked a little uneasy in the first game. He was outplayed by his opponent in power and speed. He failed to respond quickly to the opponent's sharp side attack as if he was heavy, and the sophistication of the attack Ahn Se-young tried to catch him off guard was also lacking '2%'.
Ahn Se-young, who was struggling with being dragged from the beginning of the game, once caught up to 11-15, four points, but accepted the early defeat without gaining momentum.
It was different in the second game. Ahn Se-young took the lead from the beginning as if she had warmed up late and cooked the opponent in the opposite way from the first game. It seemed to show why the world's strongest is different from 'class'. Ahn Se-young, who warmed up, played seesaw games until the three-game interval (rest and operation time given after reaching 11 points), but later showed off his skills by putting his physical advantage ahead.
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