Empress Ahn Se-young avenged her victory with a complete victory over Chen Yu-pei...Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho made it to the semifinals

Jul 18, 2025

Empress Ahn Se-young avenged her victory with a complete victory over Chen Yu-pei...Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho made it to the semifinals
안세영. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association



Empress Ahn Se-young avenged her victory with a complete victory over Chen Yu-pei...Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho made it to the semifinals
South Korea's An Se Young, right, celebrates on the podium with her trophy after defeating China's Wang Zhiyi in their women's singles final match at the Indonesia Open badminton tournament at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
「Shuttlecock Empress」Ahn Se-young (23, Samsung Life Insurance) succeeded in a revenge match and advanced to the semifinals of the Japanese Open.

World No. 1 Ahn Se-young won 2-0 (21-16, 21-9) in a women's singles quarterfinal match against Chen Yufei of China held in Tokyo, Japan on the 18th.

It was a pleasant revenge match for Ahn Se-young, who recorded 12 wins and 13 losses against her opponent. In May, he met Chen Yu-fei against the quarterfinals at the Singapore Open and was defeated. At the time, Ahn Se-young won four consecutive championships earlier this season and returned after taking a break to recover from a thigh injury, but she failed to recover her sense of play quickly, so she had the only bitter taste this year.




However, Ahn Se-young reached the top of the Indonesian Open (Super 1000) soon after, announcing 'Resurrection of Empress', and she is still not a match for 'Return Match' has proven the truth.

Empress Ahn Se-young avenged her victory with a complete victory over Chen Yu-pei...Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho made it to the semifinals
Seo Seung-jae (left)-Kim Won-ho. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association
An Se-young, who got off to a good start with 1 game 21-16, overwhelmingly defeated her opponent in 2 games. Ahn Se-young, who had a close lead to 5-4, scored as many as five consecutive points and took the lead early.

Since then, it has been relentless. With a 12-6 lead, Ahn Se-young, who was close to winning by scoring another six consecutive points, led the opponent to a complete victory by cooking with ease.




In the previous men's doubles, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) settled in the semifinals. World No. 3 Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho won the men's doubles quarterfinal match against Wei Chong-Kai Younte of Malaysia 2-1 (21-13, 18-21, 21-13).

As a result, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, like Ahn Se-young, are close to winning their second consecutive international competition following the Indonesian Open held last month.

Empress Ahn Se-young avenged her victory with a complete victory over Chen Yu-pei...Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho made it to the semifinals
(Young Jong-do = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim In-cheol = Ahn Se-young, who won the women's singles final at the World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open, is interviewing after returning to Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 on the 9th. yatoya@yna.co.kr
It was an expected victory. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho have won one face-to-face match against the world's seventh-ranked opponent. On this day, he was in pursuit for a while, but he added his second win against him relatively easily with his skills.




Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who took one game lightly, faced a crisis in two games. He seemed to lose his concentration for a while in a 6-8 chase, but lost six consecutive points and gained the upper hand. After that, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho chased up to three points, but the situation of being dragged continued, chasing 18-20 and giving up the winning run.

The three games between Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho were different. The two, who continued the close race to 7-7, widened the gap by scoring two to three points each instead of allowing one point. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who scored three consecutive points after 12-10, finally won the game, and they scored consecutive times after 17-13, confirming their advance to the semifinals.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.