JAKARTA - South Korean women's singles badminton player An Se Young returned to the championship after winning a tight match that took 1 hour 36 minutes against the host representative China, Wang Zhi, at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals.
Playing at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, China, Sunday, An Se Young defeated Wang Zhi with a score of 21-13, 18-21, 21-10.
This is the 11th victory for the world number one women's singles after previously collecting 10 championship titles this year, namely at the Sathio Group Australian Open, Yonex French Open, Victor Denmark Open, Li-Ning China Masters, Daihatsu Japan Open, Kapal Api Indonesia Open, Yonex All England Open, Orleans Masters, Yonex-Sunrise India Open, and Petronas Malaysia Open.
In this tournament, the 23-year-old shuttler once conquered a representative from Indonesia. He was Putri Kusuma Wardani, whom he defeated in the early round with a score of 21-16, 8-21, 21-8.
Still from South Korea, who climbed to the highest podium with An Se Young was the men's doubles Kim Wong Ho/Seo Seung Jae, who defeated the host representative Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang with a score of 21-18, 21-14.
The world number one men's doubles were on their way to winning the BWF World Tour Finals, one of which was defeating the Indonesian representative, Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Reza Pahlevi. Sabar/Reza, who are the world number 10 pair, lost to Kim/Seo in the semifinals, with a score of 9-21 and 11-21.
In addition, the South Korean representative who became the champion also came from the women's doubles. The world number seven pair, Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee, won the final match after defeating Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto from Japan with a score of 21-17, 21-11.
Meanwhile, the only victory from the home team was born from the mixed doubles, on behalf of Feng Yan Zhee/Huang Dong Ping. The world number one pair defeated their compatriots, who are the world number two, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin, 21-12, 21-17.
China has the opportunity to win four titles in this tournament, after including its representatives in four numbers on the last day, namely from mixed doubles, men's doubles, women's singles, and men's singles.
After their two representatives in the men's doubles and women's singles were eliminated, Shi Yu Qi, who was expected to contribute the highest podium from the men's singles, was also unable to win. In the final, Shi Yu Qi, who was the number one men's singles, was defeated by Christo Popov of France with a score of 19-21, 9-21.
This is Popov's first victory this year in the men's singles. Previously, the world number eight men's singles played two finals, but ended in defeat after being defeated by Weng Hong Yang at the Yonex Swiss Open 18-21, 3-21 and Anders Antonsen at the Yonex French Open with a score of 12-21, 19-21.
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