Yip Tips Hat to An Se Young
It was a contest between the circuit’s senior-most women’s singles player and one of its youngest, and it was all going wrong for the veteran.
· DEV SUKUMAR
With every rally, Yip Pui Yin, 32, was sinking deeper and deeper into a quagmire against 17-year-old An Se Young in the opening round of the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2019 yesterday. An, the new world No.10 and hailed as the sport’s next big star, was nonchalantly firing winners past her. Trailing 0-10, Yip looked edgy and desperate.
Once she got the first point, however, the Hong Kong China player gained some confidence and added some respectability to the score, eventually going down 21-9 21-14. She admitted it had been a tough experience.
“I’ve never been 0-10 down, I was so nervous. I couldn’t control myself,” said Yip.