"Ahn Se-young's solo performance will continue." Wang Zhi defeated and made a great achievement of the Malaysian Open's '3 consecutive losses'

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Ahn Se-young (24, Samsung Life Insurance) will continue to play solo this year.

Ahn Se-young, the world's strongest badminton player (world No. 1), won her first competition this year without any unexpected incident. Ahn Se-young defeated world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi of China 2-0 (21-15, 24-22) in the women's singles final of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 11th (Korea time).

Ahn Se-young, who won 11 games last year alone and wrote new history, including the highest winning percentage (94.8%) in a single season, and the highest accumulated prize money ($1,03715), reaffirmed her world's strongest position by winning the first competition held this year.

With this victory, Ahn Se-young has won three consecutive tournaments following 2024 and 2025. It is a showdown between the world's No. 1 and No. 2, but against Wang Zhi, who showed an overwhelming advantage in all eight games last year, it has continued to strengthen its nine consecutive wins. His career record is 17 wins and 4 losses.

Ahn Se-young, who was dragged to 1-6 by giving up five consecutive points at the beginning of the first game, immediately scored four points to spark a chase, tying the game 8-8. Afterwards, if Wang Zi ran away, An Se-young followed and fought 11-11, and Wang Zi succeeded in turning the tables 12-11.

Ahn Se-young, who gained momentum once, was unstoppable. He scored five more points to run to 17-11. Wang Zi won two points and tried to change the atmosphere, but Ahn Se-young did not shake. With a 19-15 lead, he scored two points and won one game with a thrilling come-from-behind victory.

In the beginning of the second game, Wang Zhi won three points first, setting the tone. Ahn Se-young also did not lose her concentration and immediately chased and tied the score. Afterwards, if Wang Zhi ran away, Ahn Se-young did not back down and immediately chased, reversing the game 8-7.

However, unlike one game, Ahn Se-young failed to continue the atmosphere. He lost seven runs and drove to 8-14. Immediately after allowing three runs only out, he bent his back and couldn't hide his regret, eventually widening the gap to 13-19.

Ahn didn't give up. Wang Zui did not miss the shaking and made a fierce attack to tie the score at 19-19. Wang Zi had a hard time cutting off Ahn Se-young's momentum, but after a fierce rally, Ahn tied the score 20-20 again, leading to deuce.

In the deuce close game, if Wang Zhi broke the balance, An Se-young tied again, and An Se-young turned it over 23-22 as Wang Zhi's attack failed to cross the net. Afterwards, Ahn Se-young roared after filling the last championship point after a fierce rally with Wang Zhi.

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