Ahn Se-young, Seo Seung-jae, and Kim Won-ho settled in the quarterfinals of the Korea Open while cruising toward winning the home championship

Sep 25, 2025

Ahn Se-young, Seo Seung-jae, and Kim Won-ho settled in the quarterfinals of the Korea Open while cruising toward winning the home championship
(250920) -- SHENZHEN, Sept. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An Se Young of South Korea celebrates after winning the women's singles semifinal match against Yamaguchi Akane of Japan at the China Masters 2025 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)



Ahn Se-young, Seo Seung-jae, and Kim Won-ho settled in the quarterfinals of the Korea Open while cruising toward winning the home championship
(250919) -- SHENZHEN, Sept. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Kim Won Ho/Seo Seung Jae (R) of South Korea celebrate after winning the men's doubles quarterfinal match against Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo of Japan at the China Masters 2025 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Ahn Se-young (23, Samsung Life Insurance) continued to cruise to win consecutive international competitions.

Ahn Se-young defeated Taiwan's Chiu Finci An 2-0 (21-13, 21-8) in the round of 16 women's singles at the World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 500 Korea Open held at Suwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 25th.

The world's No. 24 opponent was no match for world No. 1 Ahn Se-young. Ahn Se-young had a brief close game at the beginning of the first game and took an early victory after taking a 13-10 lead.




Ahn Se-young, who ran away with seven consecutive points, easily finished the first game, and led the team to a complete victory with overwhelming skills in the second game.

Ahn Se-young, who won the tournament consecutively from 2022-2023, missed last year's Paris Olympics due to the aftereffects of her injury, but will participate again this time and seek to regain the top spot for the first time in two years.

Ahn Se-young, who won the title again at the Chinese Masters last week for the first time in an international competition, is expected to win back-to-back titles at the Korea Open. This is because strong competitors Wang Zhiyi (2nd in the world), Han Wei (3rd in the world), and Chen Yufei (5th in the world, China) were all absent. Ahn will face Tomoko Miyazaki (10th in the world) of Japan in the quarterfinals.




Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee (hereinafter Incheon International Airport), Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance), Jongmin Lee (Samsung Life Insurance) and Wang Chan (National Military Sports Unit) also advanced to the quarterfinals.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.