The queen, Ahn Se-young, is back Chinese Masters Wins Top with Overwhelming Victory...It's the seventh gold medal in three tournaments and the second in a row

Sep 21, 2025

The queen, Ahn Se-young, is back Chinese Masters Wins Top with Overwhelming Victory...It's the seventh gold medal in three tournaments and the second in a row
(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)



It's the return of the "Queen".

「Shuttlecock Empress」An Se-young (23, Samsung Life Insurance) succeeded in restoring her honor at the Chinese Masters. He won his seventh gold medal this season, rising to the top again after three international competitions.

World No. 1 Ahn Se-young won the game score 2-0 (21-11, 21-3) in the women's singles final match against Han Yu (21-11, 21-3) at Shenzhen Arena in Shenzhen, China on the 22nd.




As a result, Ahn Se-young won her seventh international competition this year after the Malaysian Open, the Jeon Young Open, the Indonesian Open (Super 1000), the Indian Open, the Japanese Open (Super 75), and the Orléan Masters (Super 300). It is the second consecutive year of championship in this tournament.

In particular, the victory signaled the world's fastest return for Ahn Se-young, who has failed in the last two consecutive tournaments. For the past month or so, Ahn Se-young has been a series of disappointments. Ahn Se-young, who withdrew because she felt more than her right knee during a match against Han Yu in the semifinal of the Chinese Open on July 26, also achieved the world's first 'Super Grand Slam (a sweep of four Super 1000 tournaments held a year)' in front of her eyes.

'A bigger stage'A step back for two steps to prepare for the World Individual Championships (August 25-31). After nearly a month of successful injury management and intensive training, Ahn confidently headed for her second consecutive World Championship title.




The queen, Ahn Se-young, is back Chinese Masters Wins Top with Overwhelming Victory...It's the seventh gold medal in three tournaments and the second in a row
(250920) -- SHENZHEN, Sept. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An Se Young of South Korea hits a return during 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)

But what's wrong with this. In the semifinals, they met Chen Yufei (China, world fifth) and lost 0-2, unexpectedly inferior. This was the first time that he failed to advance to the finals in consecutive international competitions he participated in this year.

After finishing the World Championship, Ahn said, `I was too excited to produce good results. The biggest mistake here was that I didn't trust myself"Even if I made a mistake, I had to be bold, but I was afraid of making a mistake, so I played passively. That's the most regrettable part."

Ahn Se-young, who reflected so desperately, proved the world's strongest in 15 days after 'desperate pride'. The previous day's semifinal defeat of Akane Yamaguchi (21-10, 21-14) by 2-0 (21-10, 21-14) in 39 minutes was a warm-up that predicted his rise to the top. Three weeks ago, Yamaguchi won the World Championship by defeating Chen Yu-fei, who came up to An Se-young with anger, in the final.




Two weeks after becoming world champion, Yamaguchi quickly became awkward at the Chinese Masters, his first international competition. Ahn Se-young, who demonstrated against Yamaguchi as if demonstrating that 'the real world's strongest is me', cooked Hanwe, an easy opponent with 8 wins and 2 losses in the final.

Ahn Se-young, who gave up his first run in one game but immediately turned it over and widened it to 6-1, showed his ease and calmness from his expression. Armed with the will to not be able to repeat the mistakes of the world championships, Ahn Se-young was chased by the opponent's persistent defense, but he did not miss the lead by three to four points, and after the interval, he succeeded in lightly overpowering one game with an overwhelming offensive.

In the second game, the game was decided early. Ahn Se-young entered the interval with a huge 11-1 lead. As if Hanwe lost his mind as if he was surprised by Ahn's high wall in the first game, he was helpless about Ahn's seasoned offensive operation due to a series of mistakes. It was a natural result that the game was decided in 33 minutes.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.