BANGKOK: Teenage prodigy An Se-young pushed to victory in a troublesome recreation in opposition to former world champion Carolina Marin on Friday in badminton’s World Tour Finals her first win over the Spaniard in Bangkok.
The world’s prime gamers have been competing within the Thai capital for 3 consecutive tournaments in a biosecure “bubble”, culminating on this week’s World Tour Finals.
The younger South Korean had misplaced to reigning Olympic champion Marin throughout their earlier two conferences, however on Friday managed to seize a victory on the final day of the round-robin stage.
“I am actually completely satisfied as I’ve shed a number of tears right here,” stated the emotional 18-year-old, who was voted Most Promising Player in 2019.
Scoring an early first-set win, An got here again after dropping the second match to a 21-16, 14-21, 21-19 victory.
She credited it to having the ability to anticipate her extra skilled opponent’s counters after dropping to Marin the previous two weeks.
“There are various issues I’ve discovered from Marin and I tailored to these issues as I used to be enjoying the match,” she stated.
Marin who’s gunning for a hat-trick of titles after profitable the previous two tournaments will nonetheless transfer on to the semi-finals.
“My efficiency was okay,” the Spaniard stated, admitting that her thoughts was already on Saturday. “I performed like coaching. I misplaced however I do not care concerning the consequence.”
Within the males’s singles, Hong Kong participant Angus Ng Ka Long, ranked eighth on the earth, scored a win in his closing round-robin stage in opposition to Indian athlete Srikanth Kidambi.
Due to his losses on the earlier two days, Ng won’t transfer on to the semi-finals, however the 26-year-old nonetheless performed like his life relied on the 12-21, 21-18, 21-19 win.
“It is all the time thrilling within the World Tour Finals to win a match,” he stated.
“Though I will not make it to the semi-finals, I nonetheless stored pushing myself.”
The highest eight gamers in all singles and doubles disciplines are contesting this week’s match, however China and Japan are absent due to coronavirus issues.
Regardless of the strict biosecurity preparations, 4 folks contained in the match “bubble” have examined optimistic, together with two gamers who have been pressured to withdraw.
The world’s prime gamers have been competing within the Thai capital for 3 consecutive tournaments in a biosecure “bubble”, culminating on this week’s World Tour Finals.
The younger South Korean had misplaced to reigning Olympic champion Marin throughout their earlier two conferences, however on Friday managed to seize a victory on the final day of the round-robin stage.
“I am actually completely satisfied as I’ve shed a number of tears right here,” stated the emotional 18-year-old, who was voted Most Promising Player in 2019.
Scoring an early first-set win, An got here again after dropping the second match to a 21-16, 14-21, 21-19 victory.
She credited it to having the ability to anticipate her extra skilled opponent’s counters after dropping to Marin the previous two weeks.
“There are various issues I’ve discovered from Marin and I tailored to these issues as I used to be enjoying the match,” she stated.
Marin who’s gunning for a hat-trick of titles after profitable the previous two tournaments will nonetheless transfer on to the semi-finals.
“My efficiency was okay,” the Spaniard stated, admitting that her thoughts was already on Saturday. “I performed like coaching. I misplaced however I do not care concerning the consequence.”
Within the males’s singles, Hong Kong participant Angus Ng Ka Long, ranked eighth on the earth, scored a win in his closing round-robin stage in opposition to Indian athlete Srikanth Kidambi.
Due to his losses on the earlier two days, Ng won’t transfer on to the semi-finals, however the 26-year-old nonetheless performed like his life relied on the 12-21, 21-18, 21-19 win.
“It is all the time thrilling within the World Tour Finals to win a match,” he stated.
“Though I will not make it to the semi-finals, I nonetheless stored pushing myself.”
The highest eight gamers in all singles and doubles disciplines are contesting this week’s match, however China and Japan are absent due to coronavirus issues.
Regardless of the strict biosecurity preparations, 4 folks contained in the match “bubble” have examined optimistic, together with two gamers who have been pressured to withdraw.
