Ahn Se-young reaches the quarterfinals of the Badminton Malay Open Kim Kong Duo eliminated
Mixed doubles Seo Seung-jae – Chae Yu-jeong, Kim Won-ho – Jeong Na-eun advance to quarterfinals
Badminton star Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) has reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open. ‘Kim Kong Duo’ Kim So-young (Incheon Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) were caught up in the Japanese team.
Ahn Se-young, ranked No. 1 in the women’s singles world, defeated 27th-ranked Yvonne Lee (Germany) with a game score of 2-0 (21-13) in the women’s singles round of 16 of the ‘Malaysia Open (total prize money: $1.3 million)’ held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 11th (Korean time). They won 21-8) and advanced to the quarterfinals.
After comfortably winning the first game, Ahn Se-young dominated her opponent in the second game, ending the match in 35 minutes.
Her opponent in the quarterfinals is Yeo Min-min (Singapore), ranked 22nd in the world. In terms of opponent record, Ahn Se-young is ahead with 6 wins and 1 loss.
Ahn Se-young, who showed overwhelming skills until the beginning and middle of last year, fell into a slump due to a knee injury after winning two gold medals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and is only drawing no wins. Attention will be paid to whether she can announce her resurgence by winning her first competition of the new year.
World No. 3 Seung-jae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon Airport) and No. 7 Kim Won-ho (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office), who participated in the mixed doubles, defeated Indonesia and Japan in the round of 16, respectively, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Women’s doubles world No. 3 Kim So-young (Incheon Airport) and Kong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) were eliminated after losing 0-2 (16-21 16-21) to No. 15 Iwanaga Rin and Nakanishi Kie (Japan).
Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, ranked 3rd in men’s doubles, are set to face the Taiwanese team in the round of 16, while Lee So-hee (Incheon Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) are set to face the Hong Kong team. 토토사이트
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