Ahn Se-young, who won the perfect title, achieved her sixth victory of the Japanese Open season...The 5th match against Wang Zui proves Wang Zui's killer
Jul 20, 2025
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World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated China's Wang Zhiyi (21-12, 21-10) in the final of the '2025 Japanese Open Badminton Championship (Super 750)' women's singles held in Tokyo, Japan on the 20th.
As a result, Ahn won her sixth gold medal this year after the Malaysian Open, the Indian Open (January), the Orléan Masters, the Jeon Young Open (March) and the Indonesian Open (June). Ahn Se-young, who had a four-time winning streak earlier this year, resumed her winning streak by winning the Japanese Open following the Indonesian Open. Ahn Se-young will immediately move to China and participate in the Chinese Open (22-27).
The final match was a stage where the 'Wangzui Killer Ahn Se-young' was confirmed. Wang Zhi, who is emerging as China's new No. 1, also reached the final after beating world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the semifinals.
It was a situation where the Indonesian Open was reproduced like a regular one a month ago. At that time, Wang Zhi emerged as the new strongest in China, beating his rivals Gaofangze (13th in the world) and Han Yu-e (4th in the world) in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Chen Yufei (world No. 5), who withdrew from the Indonesian Open due to an injury in the quarterfinals against Hanyue, was defeated 0-2 by An Se-young in the quarterfinals of the Japanese Open, so China's only hope was Wangz.
In China, the world's strongest, Wangz is emerging as the number one emerging player, but he is also small in front of Ahn Se-young. Ahn Se-young, who faced the final return match on the day with a 12-4 record, was particularly strong against Wang Zhi this year.
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In particular, whenever he won the Malaysian Open, the Jeon Young Open, and the Indonesian Open, he made Wang Zui the final sacrifice. In the Sudhirman Cup (World Mixed Team Championship) final in April, An Se-young won the only victory in the women's singles when she lost to Team Korea 'Team China' by a score of 1-3.
As such, Wang Zhi became no match for Ahn Se-young, who ran on the opponent 'Invincible March'. This is because the effect of receiving intensive training from coach Park Joo-bong (61) at Jincheon Training Center over the past month has been properly expressed. Instead of nervously controlling the pace, he was equipped with a style of playing hard from the beginning as an additional weapon, and he showed up well from the first game of the day.
Ahn Se-young was briefly shaken by consecutive miss shots at the beginning of the first game, but Ahn Se-young, who finished the interval 11-10 (operation time given by either player after reaching 11 points first), finally revealed her fierce claws. Ahn Se-young, who succeeded in scoring additional points with a strong smash, scored as many as nine consecutive points, successfully targeting the end line instead of inducing the opponent's clear miss end line out.
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The two games were practically Ahn's solo performance. Ahn Se-young, who succeeded in taking the lead without allowing consecutive goals from the beginning, quickly ran away 20-8. He allowed consecutive points to his opponent's last resistance, but he did not overturn the game that had already ended, and Ahn Se-young roared and shouted hooray with a witty net play.
Unlike the 2-1 (13-21, 21-19, 21-15) come-from-behind victory when winning the last Indonesian Open, Ahn Se-young, who won the match completely, won the match perfectly with a '2-0 complete victory' march, which did not give up a game from the round of 32 to the final, enjoying double the thrill.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
