Ahn Se-young, who forgot how to lose and has a ‘98.6% winning rate’, has one win to her 11th win of the season

Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), the invincible badminton ‘queen’ standing in front of her home fans, was just one win away from winning her record-breaking 11th championship of the season.

Ahn Se-young, ranked No. 1 in the women's singles world rankings, defeated Hina Akechi (Japan, 16th) 2-0 (21-16 21-12) in the women's singles semifinals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 500 Korea Open held at Jinnam Gymnasium in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do on the 6th.

With today's victory, Ahn Se-young extended Pajuk's 54-game winning streak.

This year’s overall record is 70 wins and 1 loss in 71 matches.

His only loss was to Wang Ziyi (China, 3rd place), and his win rate reached 98.59%.

Ahn Se-young, who had difficulty participating in the competition due to the aftermath of the series of forced marches, took the court for the domestic fans and did not overdo it in the semifinals, but managed her stamina and comfortably won.

The home fans who filled the 2,000 seats were in harmony with Ahn Se-young on the court.

When Ahn Se-young took the opponent's attacks like an iron wall with her leisurely movements, admiration erupted from everywhere, and when she flew up with ease and landed a sharp smash, the audience also held their breath and chased the shuttlecock.

Ahn Se-young allowed the score to go back to 10-11 early in the first game on this day, but with unwavering and accurate in-out judgments, he induced the opponent to make a mistake without using too much force and gradually widened the score gap.

Ahn Se-young, who won the first game when Akechi's last attack was caught in the net, was relaxed in the second game.

He pulled out the opponent's mistake with calm defense without making too much of a move or overexerting himself, and when he saw an opening, he put the shuttlecock in without hesitation.

At 11-9 in game 2, he scored 3 points in a row with his specialty, a diagonal cross, and came closer to victory one step at a time. He ended the game by comfortably maintaining the lead until the end with the cheers from the audience growing louder as the scores piled up.

Ahn Se-young, whose victory was confirmed, responded to the fans by bowing to every corner of the audience and did not forget to celebrate with a powerful roar.

Ahn Se-young, who has won trophies in all 10 individual competitions she participated in this season except for the All England Open (runner-up), will attempt to set another record at this year's Korea Open, the only BWF World Tour event held in Korea.

If she wins this tournament, Se-young Ahn will reach 11 wins, tying the record for most wins in a season in men's and women's singles that she set last season.

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

If Ahn Se-young reaches the top this time, he will reach 11 wins for two consecutive seasons for the first time in history.

Ahn Se-young's opponent in the finals is world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan).

Yamaguchi defeated Ahn Se-young in the finals of this tournament last year, but since then, Ahn Se-young has gained an overwhelming advantage by winning 10 consecutive matches.