A come-from-behind victory against Thailand’s Kateton
The semifinal opponent is Tunjung, Indonesia.
‘Badminton Empress’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) continued her journey to win the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 Denmark Open.
Ahn Se-young won 2-1 (12-21 21-10 21-12) in the quarterfinals of the tournament held in Odense, Denmark on the 18th (Korean time) against Supanida Kateton (Thailand).
It was similar to the 2-1 win over Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand) in the last 16 round (17-21 21-18 21-14).
Game 1 was dragged down to 4-14 at one point, giving the momentum to Kateton.
Ahn Se-young entered the second game and balanced the set score after an overwhelming performance, taking a 10-point lead at 15-10.
The three games were closely contested, but Ahn Se-young won thanks to four consecutive points to 14-9 and six consecutive points to 21-12.
Seyoung Ahn will face Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) in the semifinals.
If they advance to the finals, they will compete for the championship with the winner of the match between Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia) and Wang Ziyi (China).
A civil war broke out in women’s doubles.
The group Sohee Lee (Incheon International Airport) and Hana Baek (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) defeated the group Hyejeong Kim (Samsung Life Insurance) and Naeun Jeong (Hwasun County Office) 2-0 (21-17 21-9) to advance to the semifinals.
Mixed doubles also continued cruising.
Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun defeated Yang Po-han and Hu Ling-fang (Taiwan) 2-0 (25-23 21-14) to advance to the semifinals.
(Seoul = Newsis)
Source: www.donga.com
