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An Xiying won 10 championships this year, with a record of 66 wins and 1 loss, a winning rate of 98.5%, and maintained a 50-game winning streak. She won two consecutive championships at the South Korea Open in 2022 and 2023. Fang Zhuxian won the women's singles championship in this event three times in 1993, 1994 and 1996, 31 years apart.
An Xiying. (File photo, European News Agency)
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] South Korea's "Invincible Queen" An Se-young will compete in the South Korean Open of the Super 500 series starting today, challenging for her third crown in the history of the tournament, striving for the record of the second person in the history of the tournament, and tying the best 11 crowns in history.
The 24-year-old An Xiying has won 10 championships this year, with a record of 66 wins and 1 loss, and a winning rate of 98.5%. She currently has a 50-game winning streak and is expected to refresh her own record of 11 championships in a single season and the highest winning rate of 94.8%.
An Se-young once considered withdrawing from the South Korea Open, but in order to save champions in her hometown, she chose to participate and skipped next week's Kumamoto Masters in Japan. If she finishes in her hometown, she will be the first player in history to win 11 championships in two consecutive years. Even if she fails, she will still have a chance to write history at the Hong Kong Open, the West Dermody International Badminton Championships or the year-end tournament.
An Xiying has won two consecutive championships in 2022 and 2023. If she can win this year, she will become the second player in the history of the event to win the women's singles championship three times. The last one to achieve this record was the legendary South Korean player Bang Zhuxian. She won the title three times in 1993, 1994 and 1996. It has been 31 years since then.

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