Ahn Se-young advances to the finals for the 8th time in a row… Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na also go to the finals｜The Dong-A Ilbo

Ahn Se-young (21), a leading female badminton player, has reached the finals of eight consecutive international competitions. Lee So-hee and Baek Hana-jo also made it to the women’s doubles final.

Ahn Se-young, world No. 2 in women’s singles, defeated Tai Zi-ying (Taiwan) 2-0 (21-16 21-14) in the women’s doubles semifinal at the 2023 Singapore Open Badminton Championships held in Singapore on the 10th (Korean time).

With this, Ahn Se-young showed off her overwhelming skills by advancing to the finals in all eight competitions she participated in this year. Ahn Se-young, who won her Thailand Open last week, will challenge her for the second week in a row. Her opponent in the finals is world number one Akane Yamaguchi (Japan).

Ahn Se-young also took the lead with Tai Zi-ying with 6 wins and 2 losses.

A close match was held until the end of the first half, but Ahn Se-young widened the score with a clever play that took away Tai Zi-ying’s timing and won the game 21-16.

In the second game, Ahn Se-young led the opponent’s offense and went ahead. Ahn Se-young utilized an attack that passed his short body, Tai Zi Ying-ki. As Ahn Se-young’s body-flying defense repeatedly succeeded, Tai Zi-ying made a mistake. Ahn Se-young won two games with ease.

In the women’s doubles, world No. 2 Sohee Lee and Hana Baek defeated world No. 4 Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Wei (China) 2-1 (16-21 21-18 21-10) in the women’s doubles semifinals to advance to the final.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na will face off against the world No. 1 Cheon Qing-cheon and Xipan (China) team, who defeated Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong in the quarterfinals.

World No. 6 Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, who defeated world No. 1 Jeong Si-wei and Huang Ya-chung (China) in the mixed doubles quarterfinals, lost 0-2 ( 19-21 9-21) and was eliminated.

In the men’s doubles, world No. 9 Choi Sol-kyu and Kim Won-ho are scheduled to play the world No. 6 Hoki Taguro-Kobayashi Yugo (Japan) in the semifinals this afternoon.

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