Since Ahn Se-young is not here...South Korea's Shuttlecock Marches Out of the Asian Championship...Kim Ga-eun was defeated by China in the quarterfinals of the brigade, and the doubles were eliminated early in the round of 16

Apr 11, 2025

Since Ahn Se-young is not here...South Korea's Shuttlecock Marches Out of the Asian Championship...Kim Ga-eun was defeated by China in the quarterfinals of the brigade, and the doubles were eliminated early in the round of 16
김가은. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association



Korean badminton is making a gloomy move at the Asian Championships.

While star Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) was out due to a thigh injury, he was eliminated early from the expected doubles event, followed by a defeat in the women's singles.

Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance), ranked 28th in the world, lost 0-2 (17-21, 16-21) to China's Kaofangze (ranked 15th in the world) in the quarterfinals of the '2025 Asian Individual Badminton Championship' held in Ningbo, China on the 11th.




It seemed to cause an unusual event by defeating Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia), the world's fifth-largest powerhouse, 2-1 in the round of 16 the previous day, but it was blocked by the Great Wall of China and failed to continue its rise.

Since Ahn Se-young is not here...South Korea's Shuttlecock Marches Out of the Asian Championship...Kim Ga-eun was defeated by China in the quarterfinals of the brigade, and the doubles were eliminated early in the round of 16
Seo Seung (right)-Kim Won-ho, who won the men's doubles title at the Jeon Young Open. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association
Kim Ga-eun responded tightly to 6-6 in the first game, but the score gap widened by repeated runs, and even though she succeeded in chasing until 17-17, she bowed to consecutive runs again. In the second game, they played a close game to 10-10, but later faced a complete defeat by failing to respond to the opponent's level of attack.

In the round of 16, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance), the men's doubles who won the Jeon Young Open (March), lost 1-2 (21-18, 17-21, 15-21) to Muhammad Sohibul Peikri-Daniel Martin (Indonesia, 13th in the world), and Kim Hye-jung (Samsung Life Insurance) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) also lost 0-2 to China.




This leaves only Shim Yu-jin (Incheon International Airport, 16th) who will play against Natsuki Nidaira (world's 21st) of Japan in the quarterfinals of the women's singles this evening.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.