Ahn Se-young's 'Disaster in China' will clash with China in the final of the Jeon Young Open

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"The disaster itself." GoAT Ahn Se-young overwhelms Chen Yu-pay... In the final, "10 consecutive wins against the opponent" Wang Zi will meet. [Badminton Jeon Young Open]

Until he caught one game, he would have been full of hope, but as expected, nothing happened. Ahn Se-young (24, Samsung Life Insurance) caught her past rival Chen Yu-fei (28, China) and moved to win the second consecutive title at the Jeon Young Open.

Ahn Se-young, the world No. 1 in women's singles, defeated Chen Yu-fei 2-1 (20-22, 21-9, 21-12) in the semifinals of the 2026 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 World Open at Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England on the 8th (Korea time).

Ahn Se-young is trying to win her second consecutive title at the Jeon Young Open for the third time in her career and the first time in Korean badminton singles player history. There is only one win left.

There have been cases in which legendary doubles stars such as national team coach Park Joo-bong, Chung Myung-hee and Gil Young-ah have achieved consecutive losses in the tournament, but no South Korean player has won the tournament for two consecutive years in singles.

In addition, Ahn Se-young, who has forgotten her defeat since the Danish Open in October last year, has increased her record of winning consecutive international tournaments to 36 games.

In the past, Ahn Se-young was held back in every major competition, but he proved once again that he is not an easy opponent. With this victory, he has gained the upper hand with 15 wins and 14 losses in the previous record.

In the first game, he lost five consecutive points while leading 13-12, struggling with attacks and net plays that caught Chen Yu-fei off guard. Nevertheless, Ahn Se-young, who did not panic and chased, even induced the opponent's mistake, eventually tying the score at 20-20.

Ahn Se-young, who was attacked at the end of the line when he entered the deuce, left a regret as the last diagonal attack was out.

Ahn Se-young, who started by giving up two points in a row in two games, then turned the tables at once and then steadily took the lead and led. In particular, it widened the gap by scoring seven consecutive points in 9-8. Chun Yu-pei was rapidly exhausted by Ahn Se-young's attack using every corner of the court and made mistakes one after another. While Ahn Se-young scored 12 points, she only added one point.

Chun Yu-pei failed to wake up to Ahn Se-young's attack, which widened the gap by scoring four consecutive points in three games 3-2. Powerful figures such as one game have disappeared and only mistakes have been made repeatedly. As such, Ahn Se-young's seasoned game management with steel stamina stood out.

He went on a chase until 14-11, but he collapsed and received Cheon Yu-fei's conversion diagonal attack, and the shuttlecock fell off the net, effectively deciding the game here. After that, he tied Chen Yufei to one point while scoring seven points. Ahn Se-young, who finished the game with a bold attack following the last net play, wowed the crowd with a confident ceremony.

It took an hour and 13 minutes, but it was overwhelming after one game.

The final opponent is Wang Zui (China, 2nd), who beat Akane Yamaguchi (21-15, 21-19) 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) in the semifinals. To Wang Zhi, Ahn Se-young is more of a wall. After defeating Ahn 2-0 in the semifinals of the HSBC BWF World Tour Final in December 2024, he has never exceeded Ahn in more than a year. He has lost 10 consecutive games. This means that all 10 times were defeated by Ahn Se-young in the final, and they had to finish second 10 times. This is why the prevailing view is that Ahn Se-young will be able to win a pleasant championship again.

In women's doubles, the victory was also reported. The world's No. 4 duo Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee (hereinafter Incheon International Airport) also beat Tann Pearly-Tina Muralitharan (Malaysia, No. 2) 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) in the semifinals.

The two, who easily won with nine consecutive points in the first game 7-9, quickly succeeded in turning the tables with five consecutive points in the second game, trailing 7-10.

The two, who won two consecutive World Tour Finals at the end of last year and maintained their world No. 1 reputation in the past, secured at least the second place in the Malaysian Open earlier this year and third in the Indian Open. The two will try again for the first time in two years after 2024.

Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance), the world No. 1 men's doubles player, will also settle in the semifinals to prepare for a "golden smash." Indonesia's Raymond Indra-Nicholas Joaquin (17th) will compete in the final.

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