German Open: Another Akane-An Final
The rivalry between the world’s top two women’s singles players, Akane Yamaguchi and An Se Young, continued to blossom as they made their third title faceoff this year, at the YONEX German Open 2023.
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Yamaguchi beat An in the PETRONAS Malaysia Open final, while An avenged that defeat a week later in India, before going on to win the DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters over Carolina Marin. The Korean will therefore be looking for a hat-trick of titles.
In semifinal action on Saturday, An shot past He Bing Jiao 21-12 21-13, while Yamaguchi was also dominant over Chen Yu Fei, beating the Olympic champion 21-18 21-16.
In mixed doubles, Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping lined up for a third straight HSBC BWF World Tour title as they beat Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito in the semifinals of the YONEX German Open 2023.