Invincible Ahn Se-young, roaring in the living room... Achieved 11 wins, the most ever, for 2 consecutive seasons (comprehensive)

Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), the world's best badminton player, who has reached an astonishing 98.6% winning rate, rewrote badminton history by reaching her 11th win of the season at home.

Ahn Se-young won the championship by defeating Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) 2-1 (21-12 15-21 21-16) in the women's singles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 500 Korea Open held at Jinnam Gymnasium in Yeosu, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 8th.

As a result, Ahn Se-young showed off her spirit by sweeping the championship trophies in 11 of the 12 individual competitions she participated in this year, excluding the All England Open, where she finished in runner-up.

Previously, the only players to achieve 11 wins in a single season were Kento Momota (Japan) in 2019 and Se-young Ahn last year.

Ahn Se-young is the first badminton player in the world to achieve 11 wins in two consecutive seasons.

Ahn Se-young reached his 55th consecutive win on this day.

This year’s overall record is 71 wins and 1 loss out of 72 matches.

Her only loss was to Wang Zhiyi (China, 3rd place) at the All England Open, and her winning rate is 98.6%.

In addition, he won 11 consecutive matches against the world's second-ranked Yamaguchi, showing off his unrivaled status as the 'absolute number one'.

Ahn Se-young, who was defeated by Yamaguchi in the finals of this competition last year and finished in second place, had a tight match with 1 to 2 points each in the early part of the day, but began to widen the score gap at a 9-9 tie.

Ahn Se-young, who scored three consecutive points to take the lead to 12-9, led Yamaguchi, who became impatient, to make a series of mistakes with his flawless play.

Then, with a sophisticated attack that fell precisely on the line, he swept 7 consecutive points in one go, taking the lead in the first game.

In the second game, the fierce Yamaguchi took the lead by scoring four consecutive points in the first half.

Ahn Se-young's response to Yamaguchi's accurate hairpin net play was delayed one step at a time, and the team lost two games without being able to tie even once, and the game returned to square one.

However, Ahn Se-young, who had reorganized his team, did not allow any more gaps in the last three games.

After conceding the first goal, he shook Yamaguchi by scoring six consecutive points.

Taking advantage of Ahn Se-young's mistake, Yamaguchi persistently followed up to the one-point gap twice, but Ahn Se-young scored an accurate diagonal half smash to close the score at 11-9 at the interval.

Immediately after the court change, Ahn Se-young scored five consecutive points again, widening the lead to 16-9.

Yamaguchi also did his best to chase, but Ahn Se-young was one step ahead from behind.

Ahn Se-young, who took a 19-15 lead as Yamaguchi's hairpins hit the net one after another, created a 20-16 match point with a sharp diagonal attack from a height that the opponent could not respond to.

Then, Yamaguchi's last hit left the court, putting an end to the long game.

Ahn Se-young, who previously reached the top of the Korea Open twice in 2022 and 2023, confirmed her third win in the tournament.

When the match point resulted in a score, Ahn Se-young put her hand behind her back and led the audience to cheer even louder, filling the 3,500 seats.

He then let out a long roar that seemed to make his coat go away, and then performed a ceremony where he placed a crown on his head.

The home fans responded to the unaffected joy of ‘Invincible’ Ahn Se-young with a thunderous standing ovation.