An Se-young beats teammate Kim Ga-eun to reach China Masters semifinals
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- World No. 1 An Se-young defeated Kim Ga-eun 2-0 in the China Masters women’s singles quarterfinals in Shenzhen.
- An Se-young will face Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinals, where she enters with a 20-15 career record against her rival.
- The tournament is drawing attention as a lead-up event to the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
An Se-young overwhelmed fellow Samsung Life Sports player Kim Ga-eun 21-11, 21-10 in just 37 minutes to reach the semifinals of the 2026 BWF World Tour China Masters Super 750 in Shenzhen.
The world No. 1 controlled the women’s singles quarterfinal from the start and defeated Kim, ranked 12th, without dropping a game. Her next opponent will be Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi, who beat Thailand’s Supanida Katethong.
An has faced Yamaguchi 35 times, winning 20 and losing 15. She has also won their past six meetings, a run that began at last year’s Denmark Open and continued through this year’s World Championships.
A potential final could pit An against China’s Wang Zhiyi, ranked No. 2. The China Masters has attracted attention as a preview of the badminton competition ahead of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, which open on the 19th.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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