An Se-young reaches quarterfinals at Korea Open

World No. 1 An Se-young advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour event at home Thursday. The top-seeded An knocked off Chiu Pin-Chian of Chinese Taipei 2-0 (21-13, 21-8) in the round of 16 of the Korea Open at Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. An went up 12-6 before allowing Chiu to cut it to 13-11. From there, An claimed seven straight points to regain control of the match. The Korean star then won the first seven points of the second game en route to an easy victory. In the quarterfinals, An will take on Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan. An is going for her eighth BWF World Tour victory of this season and her third career Korea Open title, following her back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023. An is regarded as the favorite this week, in the absence of other high-ranked players, including a trio of Chinese players in Wang Zhiyi (No. 2), Han Yue (No. 3) and Chen Yufei (No. 5). Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, world No. 4, is the second seed in Suwon and is on the opposite side of the bracket from An. An and Yamaguchi have split their 28 head-to-head maWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times