Badminton Ahn Se-young defeats China’s Chen Yu-fei to reach the Asian Championships women’s singles final

(Seoul=News 1) Reporter Kwon Hyeok-joon = Badminton signboard Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance) defeated Chen Yu-fei of China and reached the Asian Badminton Championships women’s singles final.

Ahn Se-young, world No. 2 in women’s singles, defeated Chen Yu-fei, world No. 3, 2-1 (16-21, 21-11, 21-19) in the women’s singles semifinals at the Al Nasr Club in Dubai, UAE on the 29th (local time). won with

Ahn Se-young lost to Chen Yu-fei in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and was inferior to her opponent with 3 wins and 8 losses until the match.

However, after defeating Chen Yu-fei in the final of the Jeonyeong Open, the most prestigious badminton tournament last month, and reaching the top, he seems to have completely broken the jinx by defeating him at this tournament as well. The opponent record was also narrowed down to 4 wins and 8 losses.

Ahn Se-young took the lead with 5 points in a row at the beginning of the first set, but was later reversed by Chen Yu-fei’s counterattack. Ahn Se-young, who conceded 3 consecutive points and 5 consecutive points, eventually lost 16-21.

However, Ahn Se-young counterattacked from the second set. He took a 10-4 lead by scoring 6 consecutive points in the first half, and scored 3 consecutive points twice in the second half of the set, winning lightly 21-11.

The last three sets were fiercely contested. Ahn Se-young led 14-9 and won easily, but after that, he allowed a 15-15 tie with consecutive runs. However, Ahn Se-young, who reached 20 points first, did not give away a deuce and eventually confirmed the victory.

Ahn Se-young will meet World No. 4 Tai Zi-ying (Taiwan) in the final on the 30th. Tai Tzu-ying advanced to the final by defeating world number one Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) 2-1 in the semifinals. Tai Ziying also has the experience of winning this competition for two consecutive years in 2017 and 2018.

However, in terms of opponents, Ahn Se-young has an advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss. If Ahn Se-young wins, it will be the first Korean player to lift the championship trophy in the women’s singles in 9 years since Seong Ji-hyun in 2014.

Lee So-hee (29, Incheon International Airport) and Baek Ha-na (23, MG Saemaul Geumgo), ranked 12th in the women’s doubles world ranking, also reached the final.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na defeated Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 2-1 (16-21 21-8 21-13) in the semifinals.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na will face off against world number 6 Yuki Fukushima and Hirota Sakaya (Japan) in the final.

In 2004-2005, Lee Hyo-jeong and Lee Kyung-won were the last Korean players to win the women’s doubles title at this event. Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na aim for their first championship in 18 years.

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