An Se-young finishes runner-up at Korea Open

World No. 1 An Se-young finished in second place at the Korea Open on Sunday, coming up short of her eighth victory on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour this season in front of a home crowd. The top-seeded Korean lost to the No. 2 seed from Japan, Akane Yamaguchi, by 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) in the women's singles final at Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, about 30 kilometers south of Seoul. An dropped to 14-15 all time against Yamaguchi, losing to the Japanese veteran for the first time in four matches this year. An, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist, has won seven tournaments on the BWF World Tour this season, including the prestigious All England Open. She settled for bronze in her title defense at the world championships in Paris last month but then bounced right back to win the China Masters last week. An, who previously won the Korea Open in 2022 and 2023, was going for a second consecutive win and had not dropped a game en route to the final. On Sunday, though, An had no answer against Yamaguchi's deft shotmaking and trailed by as much as 15-10 in the first game. An battled back to maWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times