'About 23rd place in the world' Ahn Se-young easily goes to the semi-finals of the Chinese Masters in 35 minutes, and faces Japanese Miyazaki in the semifinals
Nov 22, 2024
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Ahn Se-young, the world No. 1 in women's singles, reached the semifinals by beating Wang Yi-man of China 2-0 (21-11, 21-11) in the quarterfinals of the '2024 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour' held in Shenzhen, China on the 22nd.
This Chinese Masters is Ahn's second international competition since the 2024 Paris Olympics. After two months of recovering from his injury and resting after the incident, he returned to the international competition through the Danish Open (October 15-20) last month and regained the world's No. 1 position by ranking second.
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The opponent of the quarterfinals was 23rd in the world, and Ahn Se-young was a relative underdog who had previously made a complete victory in two consecutive showdowns. As expected, Ahn Se-young easily won the game with an overwhelming skill advantage from the beginning of the game.
Ahn Se-young, who succeeded in gaining the upper hand early with a 6-0 lead in the first game, took the first game in a good mood after a series of scoring runs gave no time for her opponent to chase. The two games were similar. Ahn Se-young, who did not meet any serious crisis except for a close game of 2-1 at the beginning of the game, made a complete victory in 35 minutes.
Ahn Se-young will compete for the final ticket against world No. 13 Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan on the 23rd.
Reporter Choi Man-sik cms@sportschosun.com
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