"Aryangdo is also No. 1 in the world," Ahn Se-young said, "I took care of the opponent who lost the shutdown in 34 minutes." "Thank you"

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His generosity and consideration ranked first in the world. Badminton empress Ahn Se-young (24, Samsung Life Insurance) expressed her honest feelings after winning for the first time this year.

On the 9th (Korea Standard Time), Ahn Se-young said on her SNS, "This quarterfinal was a game I could have truly enjoyed. Thank you to Line Höymark Kiersfeld (Denmark, 26th in the world). "I was happy to play on the court with Kiersfeld," he said.

Earlier, Ahn defeated Kiersfeld with a set score of 2-0 (21-8, 21-9) in the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the 2026 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Malaysia Open at Asiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

It was an unexpected match for both of them. Initially, Han Wei (China, world No. 5) was the most likely opponent of Ahn Se-young's quarterfinal match. However, Hanwe declared withdrawal due to flu symptoms ahead of the round of 16, and Kiersfeld became Ahn's opponent.

In terms of physical strength, Ahn Se-young was relatively inferior. It's been a long time since this tournament. Ahn participated in the tournament 10 days after returning home after the end of last season.

The process of coming up was also not easy. It took as long as 1 hour and 15 minutes in the round of 32 on the 6th to barely win 2-1 over Canada. In the round of 16, he almost lost one game against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.

Were the two tense matches a blessing in disguise. Ahn Se-young pushed Kiersfeld from the start of the first game. The wave offensive made it 11-4 and finished the first game 21-8. It took only 15 minutes to get here.

In the second game, Kiersfeld also countered with a strong ball. However, Ahn Se-young was skillfully attacked, and rather, Kiersfeld's mistakes continued. In the end, Ahn Se-young won a comfortable 21-9 victory, winning seven points down from 12-8. It was the result of 34 minutes.

With this, Ahn Se-young increased his opponent's record with Kiersfeld to six games. Ahn Se-young also gave a sincere smile to Kiersfeld, who was tired because he was an opponent who did his best.

It wasn't just the opponent Ahn Se-young took. The overwhelming performance of the Empress on the day also cheered enthusiastically from the Malaysian audience who loved badminton. "Thanks to the passionate spectators who came to the Malaysian Open, we are playing with more joy. Listening to your support is a great help to me. There will be a semi-final tomorrow. I ask for your support. I'll see you tomorrow," he wrote.

The opponent of the semifinal match on the 10th is Chen Yufei (China, world No. 4) who has 14 wins and 14 losses. Chen Yufei defeated Thailand's Rachanok Intanon with a set score of 2-0 (21-13, 21-14) in the quarterfinals held on the same day and reached the semifinals.

In the recent trend, Ahn Se-young is dominant with five wins and two losses in seven games. However, he must not let his guard down because it was Chen Yu-pei who blocked Ahn's path at every crisis.

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