Badminton empress Ahn Se-young is aiming to win for the ninth time in an hour and 18 minutes, and she made it to the semifinals with Kaofangje...a clash with the natural enemy of heaven and earth
Oct 24, 2025
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Ahn Se-young defeated Taiwan's Kaofangze (14th) 2-1 (17-21, 21-11, 21-18) in the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 French Open held in Seisson Sevigne, France on the 24th (Korea time).
It was an hour and 18 minutes of bloodshed. Ahn Se-young has clashed with Kaofangje five times before the end of the war and won all of them. On this day, he took the lead from the beginning of the first game. However, he allowed a turnaround after the 16-16 tie and gave up his first game.
Ahn Se-young didn't lose her concentration. It seemed to slow down for a while at the beginning of the second game, but he showed an overwhelming performance by scoring 10 consecutive points in the last minute. He also won three games without much crisis.
Ahn will meet Chen Yufei in the semifinals. Chen Yufei reached the semifinals by beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 2-1 (21-14, 16-21, 21-10) in the quarterfinals.
Ahn Se-young has the upper hand in terms of world ranking. Ahn Se-young is in first place and Chen Yu-fei is in fifth place. However, Ahn has 13 wins and 14 losses against Chen Yufei. Chen Yufei, in particular, defeated Ahn in the women's singles semifinals of the 2025 World Badminton Championships in Paris, France, in August. It is a 'Chinese powerhouse' that frustrated Ahn Se-young's bid for the second consecutive championship.
Meanwhile, Ahn Se-young is showing her strongest strength this season. He has won eight times in 12 international competitions this year. He won three Super 1000 series (Malaysia Open, Jeon Young Open, Indonesia Open), four Super 750 series (Indian Open, Japanese Open, Chinese Open, Denmark Open) and the Super 300 Grand Prix Orléan Masters. At the most recent Danish Open, he beat world No. 2 Wang Zhiyu of China to win the title.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
