Badminton Empress Ahn Se-young advanced to the final round of the Japanese Open. This season's 6th attempt to win the championship, and the final battle with rival Wang Zui
Jul 19, 2025
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Ahn Se-young, world No. 1 in women's singles, shut out Japan's Gunji Riko (32nd) 2-0 (21-12, 21-10) in 43 minutes in the semifinals of the women's singles at the tournament held in Tokyo, Japan on the 19th.
With a 12-9 lead in the first set, he scored six points down and completely dominated the lead.
In the second set, he won with overwhelming performance without any crisis scenes.
Ahn Se-young will face rival and world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi of China in the final on the 20th.
Wangzui caught world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), who had a home advantage.
Ahn has already won the Malaysian Open, the Indian Open, the Orléan Masters, the Jeon Young Open and the Indonesian Open this year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.