Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) is one step closer to winning her second consecutive title at the All England Open, the most prestigious badminton competition.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated India’s Pusala Sindhu (world No. 11) 2-0 (21-19 21-11) in the women’s singles round of 16 of the tournament held in Birmingham, England on the 14th (local time).
At this tournament last year, Ahn Se-young won the women’s singles gold medal, the first Korean player in 27 years since Bang Bang-hyeon in 1996.
Ahn Se-young is determined to defend her title and make it her second consecutive win following last week’s French Open win. 온라인카지노
The All England Open is the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 competition and is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton competition, which started in 1899.
Women’s doubles Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) – Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) and Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) – Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) also defeated Canadian and Japanese teams, respectively, to reach the quarterfinals.
The two teams faced each other in the finals of last year’s competition and shared the gold medal (Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong) and silver medals (Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na).
This year, they will face each other in the semifinals.
Mixed doubles Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) also won a ticket to the quarterfinals by defeating Singapore’s Hi Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica 2-0 (21-14 21-15).