"32 minutes is enough" Ahn Se-young goes to the final, and 中 is frustrated again... Wang Zhii, '9 consecutive losses to Empress,' is the final opponent [BWF India Open]

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Just 32 minutes was enough. Ahn Se-young (23, Samsung Life Insurance) reached the final again. The opponent is Wang Zhiyi (26, China), who is second in the world but has never won in the last nine face-offs.

World No. 1 Ahn Se-young overwhelmed Ratchanok Intanon (21-11, 21-7) in the semifinals of the women's singles at the BWF World Tour Super 750 Indian Open in New Delhi, India, on the 17th (Korea time).

An Se-young, who had her best season, won the Malaysian Open in the opening game of this season and will try to win six consecutive championships.

Ahn Se-young, who set the record for the most wins in women's singles and the most wins in both men and women's singles by lifting 11 trophies last year, also wrote a new history in the badminton world, with a record winning rate of 94.8% and a cumulative prize of $1 million (about 1.475 billion won) for the first season.

Ahn Se-young, who won the opening game, is continuing her momentum in this competition. In the round of 32, he overpowered Nozomi Okuhara (21-17, 21-9) in 41 minutes, then defeated Taiwanese rookie Hwang Yu-sun 2-0 (21-14, 21-9) in 31 minutes, and in the quarterfinals, he overpowered Putri Kusuma Wardani (21-16, 21-8) in the sixth place.

Against Intanon, who has won 12 consecutive times since the Sudhirman Cup in May 2019, An Se-young showed off her skills at one level. At the start of the first game, he was overwhelmed with six consecutive points, and since then, he has never allowed a turnaround and won his first game.

There was no crisis in the second game as well. In the 4-4 tie, he ran away with four consecutive points and later scored eight points again to win the game overwhelmingly. As a result, he has won the last 13 consecutive games against Intanon and has a record of 13 wins and 1 loss against his opponents.

The next opponent is Wangz. The world's second-ranked player is only one step away from Ahn Se-young, but the difference in skills cannot be judged simply by ranking. His previous record is 17 wins and 4 losses, and he won nine consecutive games after losing in the semifinals of the World Tour Finals in December 2024.

Both of the world's strongest players faced off in the final, and Ahn Se-young not only won, but also lost only three games while winning 18 games in nine games. The game gain and loss rate also reached 85.7 percent. His previous record was 17 wins and 4 losses.

Chinese badminton is frustrated by Ahn's momentum. Expectations are high whether Ahn Se-young will be able to instill fear in the Chinese badminton world once again by giving Wang Zhii the pain of losing 10 consecutive games in this final.

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