Badminton world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) failed to regain the top of the king’s battle for the first time in three years.
Ahn lost 0-2 (17-21 14-21) to China’s Wang Zhiyi (17-21 14-21) in the semifinals of the HSBC World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals 2024 at the Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on the 14th.
Ahn Se-young, who has been trying to regain the top spot for the first time in three years since 2021, stopped walking in the semifinals. 메이저사이트
Ahn Se-young, who lost the lead by allowing four consecutive runs while trailing 9-12 in the first game, played a seesaw game until the middle of the second game, but lost the game by losing four points at 14-17.
The BWF World Tour Final is a king-and-king competition in which only eight players (teams) participate, including the Olympic champion and the top-ranked player in the international competition held in one season.
Eight players in each event will be divided into two groups of four players.
Only two players from each group will advance to the semifinals to determine the strongest player of the year.
Ahn Se-young received the BWF’s Women’s Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive year on the 9th and was also selected as the Women’s Player of the Year by her fellow players.
Meanwhile, the women’s doubles team Lee So-hee (Incheon Airport) and Baek Ha-na (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) (second place) defeated China’s Liu Sung-soo and Tanning Cho (first place) 2-0 (21-14 22-20) in the women’s doubles semifinals to reach the final.
