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Ahn Se-young (20, Samsung Life Insurance), the ace of Korean women’s badminton, advanced to the semifinals in the first international competition she participated in this year.
Ahn Se-young defeated Michelle Lee (Canada) 2-0 (21-11 21-13) in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the 2022 German Open Badminton Championships held at Mülheim Anderur in Germany on the 12th (Korean time).
Ahn Se-young, who participated in the German Open Championship for the first time, is aiming to win the first championship in three years due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Ahn Se-young will face off against He Bingjiao (China) at 1:20 am on the 13th to advance to the final.
Women’s doubles Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, who were aiming to win the championship together, failed to advance to the quarter-finals in the quarterfinals as they lost 1-2 to Gabriela Stoeva and Stephanie Stoeva of Bulgaria in the quarterfinals.
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