Down a game and coming from behind to face Chen Yufei in the quarterfinals
Also reached the semifinals in both men's and mixed doubles
Badminton World Championships competitor Ahn Se-young, 21, 카지노사이트 has reached the semifinals with an upset victory over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, one of the all-time winners of the event.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated world No. 36 Okuhara Nozomi 2-1 (16-21 21-10 21-11) in the women's singles quarterfinals of the 2023 World Individual Badminton Championships at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday (July 25).
After being broken in game one, Ahn took advantage of Okuhara's lack of fitness in game two by poking the corners of the court. The physical strain was evident as Okuhara fell to her knees several times during the match and was unable to get up. Ahn took the second game and tied the match 1-1.
Still, Okuhara was a seasoned player. Okuhara, who won a bronze medal in women's singles at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third game at 1-1, but Ahn fought back with a stamina battle. As the third game wore on, Okuhara's unforced errors increased, and Ahn was able to pull out the win.
Ahn's semifinal opponent will be her nemesis, world number three Chen Yufei (CHN). Chen Yufei defeated fellow Chinese player Wang Zhiyi 2-0 in the quarterfinals. Ahn trails Chen Yufei 5-10 overall, but she won their last meeting, a quarterfinal match at the Korea Open last month.
However, the fact that Ahn played a full game against Okuhara could prove to be a physical challenge against Chen Yufei in the quarterfinals.
World No. 6 Seo Seung Jae-Kang Min Hyuk defeated World No. 9 Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) 2-0 (21-19 21-17) in the men's doubles quarterfinals to reach the semifinals.
Their quarterfinal opponents will be the world No. 4 pair of Aaron Chia-Sowiwick (Malaysia). This will be the first time Seo Seung Jae-Kang Min Hyuk will meet them.
In the women's doubles quarterfinals, World No. 3 Kim So-young-Gong Hee-yong defeated World No. 8 Jongkolpan Kittitarajakorn-Lawinda Prajongjai 온라인카지노 (Thailand) 2-0 (21-19 21-19) to advance to the quarterfinals.
They will face the world No. 12 pair of Afriyani Rahayu and Citi Padia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia. Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong trail the pair by one loss.
In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, the world No. 5 pair of Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung defeated the world No. 4 pair of Dechaporn Pooabaranukro and Sapsiri Jirathanachai (Thailand) 2-0 (21-12 21-16) to reach the last four.
Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung, who had lost their last three tournaments in a row, will take a confidence boost ahead of next month's Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Their quarterfinal opponents are world No. 2 Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung have a 3-6 record against them.
Meanwhile, the world No. 6 mixed doubles pair of Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the world 카지노사이트존 No. 1 pair of Zheng Tie-wei and Huang Ya-chung (CHN) 0-2 (10-21 6-21).