‘Winning rate 98.5%’ Ahn Se-young, 10th win of the season… French Open 3rd consecutive win

Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), the 'world's best' badminton player, who continues to make amazing progress with a winning rate exceeding 98%, won her third consecutive French Open title and lifted the 10th trophy of the season.

World No. 1 Ahn Se-young achieved a come-from-behind victory over world No. 11 Pusala Sindhu (India) 2-1 (16-21 21-11 21-12) in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) French Open Super 750 Women's Singles final held in Tremblay-en-France, France on the 24th.

Ahn Se-young, who stood at the top of the podium this year following 2019, 2024, and 2025, won the tournament for the third time in a row and won the French Open for the fourth time in her career.

Excluding the All England Open, where she recorded a silver medal this season, Ahn Se-young won gold medals in all 10 individual competitions she participated in, including the Asian Games.

Last season, he swept to the top of 11 competitions, tying the record for most wins in a single season in both men's and women's singles, and is also within sight of breaking his own record.

In particular, since suffering his only loss this season to Wang Zhiyi (China, 2nd place) in the All England Open final last March, he has not lost once and is on a 50-game winning streak.

Ahn Se-young, who solidified the 'absolute top' system with no worthy opponent, recorded 66 wins and 1 loss in 67 matches this year with the victory in the finals on this day, boasting an overwhelming win rate of 98.5%.

Ahn Se-young recorded a total of 11 wins against Sindhu, but she struggled in the early stages of the match and lost the first game.

Against the taller Sindhu, a mistake occurred at a critical moment and the team lost the momentum.

With the score tied at 11-11, they were shaken by three consecutive goals, but at 14-16 they allowed four points in a row, quickly giving up the game point at 14-20.

In the end, Ahn Se-young's last attack went out of the court and the team was unfortunately defeated.

In the second game, they opened with three consecutive goals and did not lose a single lead.

However, even in the beginning, he showed his frustration as he continued to make mistakes, including missed serves.

However, after the middle of the match, Sindhu's concentration suddenly broke down, and Ahn Se-young took note of this and brought the game back to square one with a comfortable victory by 10 points.

Even in the last three games, Ahn Se-young seemed to be feeling a physical burden and was unable to easily take the lead in the early stages.

The beginning of the 3rd game of destiny was also somewhat heavy. After a short break after the Asian Games, he seemed to have lost his stamina as he immediately played two consecutive matches in Europe (Denmark and French Open).

However, Ahn Se-young, who did not lose her composure even when Sindhu was ahead, scored consecutive goals to tie the score at 9-9 and reached the interval first.

Afterwards, he increased his concentration at the last minute and won a total of 6 consecutive points to secure the victory, and comfortably maintained his lead, ending his victory.

With this win, Ahn Se-young won her 48th international singles title, breaking the record for the most wins in this category.

The previous record was Suzy Susanti (Indonesia)'s 46 wins.

Ahn Se-young surpassed this record by reaching the top of the Denmark Open last week, and then showed off her spirit of breaking her own record again in one week.