Korea Open: An Se Young in Year’s Ninth Final
An Se Young made her ninth final this year, tying the feats of Tai Tzu Ying (2018) and Li Xue Rui (2012) as she moved to within one win of her sixth title this season at the Korea Open 2023.
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The Korean scored a morale-boosting win over frequent nemesis Chen Yu Fei, who’d beaten her in their last two matches, including the high-pressure final of the Sudirman Cup in May.
Today saw another tense contest, with Chen nearly pulling off a sensational comeback win from 12-19 down in the third. The Chinese tied the score at the death from four match points down, but An was eventually able to convert her seventh match point to stay in contention to defend her title.
An takes on Tai, who had a relatively smoother time against Akane Yamaguchi, 21-17 21-19.