"Honey break" Ahn Se-young → Korea's first Asian summit is just around the corner! Final showdown with China... Beat Indonesia in the semifinals

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Even if world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (24, Samsung Life Insurance) takes a break, he is a powerful player. The Korean women's badminton team is on the verge of becoming the top of the Asian team event for the first time in history.

The women's badminton team defeated Indonesia 3-1 in the semifinals of the 2026 Asian Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championship held at Konson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China on the 7th (Korea time).

The Korean national team has been runner-up twice in 2020 and 2022 since the creation of the 2016 tournament. South Korea, which defeated Indonesia, will take the final stage for the third time in the tournament and try to win for the first time.

In the match against Indonesia, where the advance to the final was at stake, Ahn Se-young was absent in terms of physical fitness.

Instead, colleagues completely filled Ahn's vacancy. Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance, world No. 17) beat Talita Ramadani Wiriyawan (21-4, 21-5) in just 22 minutes.

In the first match of the doubles, Baek Ha-na (Incheon International Airport) and Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance) continued their momentum by defeating Ratzel Alessia Rose-Fevi Setianning Room 2-0 (21-14, 21-10).

In the second singles, Park Ga-eun (Kimcheon City Hall, 70th) lost 0-2 (14-21, 13-21) to Nikadek Dinda Amartya Pratywe (67th), but in the following doubles, Lee Seo-jin (Incheon International Airport) and Lee Yeon-woo (Samsung Life Insurance) beat Amalia Chahaya Pratywe-City Padia Silva Ramadapanti 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) after a close race of 1 hour and 4 minutes. This avenged Indonesia's defeat in the final four years ago.

South Korea showed off its overwhelming skills from the group stage of this tournament. After defeating Singapore (5-0) and Taiwan (4-1) in a row to reach the tournament as the top of the group, they defeated Malaysia 3-0 in the quarterfinals on the 6th.

In particular, Ahn Se-young's momentum is fierce. In the quarterfinals, he took the lead by turning Lettshana Karupatevan 2-0 (21-11, 21-11) in 36 minutes. In the group stage with Taiwan, Ahn Se-young also made a remarkable contribution to the national team's advance to the semifinals by showing off the world's strongest side, defeating Chiu Finchian 2-0 in 39 minutes.

Ahn Se-young has been writing a phenomenal record recently. In the women's singles final of the 2026 BWF World Tour Super 750 Indian Open held in New Delhi, India, last month, she defeated China's Wang Zhiyi 2-0 to achieve her second consecutive championship. It is the second consecutive week after winning the Malaysian Open and the sixth consecutive tournament including last season. In particular, last year, he won 11 games of the season by sweeping the Jeon Young Open and the World Tour Finals, matching Momota Kento's record of winning the most BWF in a single season in 2019.

Korea's final opponent for the first time in history is host China. China is seeking to regain the top spot for the first time in 10 years since the first competition in 2016. With Ahn's return, the Korean women's team is aiming to reclaim the top spot in the Asian team event for the first time in history.

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