Ahn Se-young defeats Yvonne Lee to advance to Malay Open quarterfinals Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong were eliminated from the group
Ahn Se-young is attacking during the match against China’s Chen Yufei in the badminton women’s singles final of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 7th.
Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), world number one in women’s singles, reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open, the first tournament of the new year.
Se-young Ahn defeated Germany’s Yvonne Lee (ranked 27th in the world) 2–0 (21–13 21–8) in the round of 16 of the Malaysia Open women’s doubles held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 11th (local time).
Ahn Se-young won 10 gold medals last year alone, including her All England Open, World Championships, and Asian Games, making her a global star. Her consistent performance led her to №1 in the BWF women’s singles rankings, and she also received the 2023 Player of the Year award from the BWF.
However, due to a knee injury suffered in the singles final at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, he was unable to win another gold medal in the three competitions held after the Asian Games, but he easily advanced to the quarterfinals in the first competition of the new year, raising expectations for victory.
Se-young Ahn will meet Yeo Yeo-min (Singapore), ranked 22nd in the world, in the quarterfinals on the 13th. In terms of her opponent’s record, Ahn Se-young is ahead with 6 wins and 1 loss, so her odds of winning are high.
Meanwhile, the world’s №3 Seung-jae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon Airport) pair and №7 Kim Won-ho (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) pair, who participated in the mixed doubles, advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating the Indonesian and Japanese groups, respectively, in the round of 16. .
On the other hand, the world’s third-ranked women’s doubles team, Kim So-young (Incheon Airport) and Kong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), ended the tournament by losing 0–2 (16–21 16–21) against 15th-ranked Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi (Japan). . 스포츠토토맨
