South Korea’s An Se Young beat Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist Chen Yu Fei of China to storm her method to the ladies’s singles title on the All England Open Badminton Championships on Sunday.
With her title thundering, An defeated 25-year-old Chen 21-17 10-21 21-19 within the ladies’s last, which at occasions had Chen on her knees and skidding throughout the court docket on her abdomen greater than as soon as . to make a shot.
“I’m very happy,” stated the 21-year-old An, who defeated Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan within the semi-finals on Saturday.
“Every sport I’ve experienced has led me to this … This is a historic moment in my career – this is an opportunity to grow.”
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It was touch-and-go for An within the second half of the ultimate recreation, with Chen making use of the stress with aggressive smashes and good backhands. The All England occasion with greater than 155 matches and greater than 50 hours of badminton contributes to potential Olympic qualification, with rankings to be introduced on 30 April to resolve which gamers go to the Paris Games in 2024.
China has dominated Olympic badminton since its inception on the 1992 Games in Barcelona with 47 medals, together with 20 gold. Earlier on Sunday, Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong defeated Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee 21-5 21-12 in an all-South Korean ladies’s doubles match. China defeated South Korea 21-16 16-21 21-12 within the combined doubles last.
Later on Sunday, Li Shi Feng will play fellow Chinese shuttler Shi Yu Qi within the males’s last.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
