By Park Dae-rae Reporter = Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) has reached the semifinals of the women's singles at the French Open. Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) will look to complete a double by reaching the semifinals in both the men's and mixed doubles.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 (21-18 21-16) victory over world No. 6 He Bingjiao (CHN) in the quarterfinals of the tournament at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris, France, on Monday (June 9).
Despite holding a 6-4 head-to-head lead, Ahn fell behind early in game one and went into the intermission trailing 5-11.
After catching her breath, Ahn rallied with a drop shot to tie the match at 14-14. She used the court wide to rattle He Bingzhao and break back.
Facing game point, Ahn threw herself at He Bingzhao's smash, and the shuttlecock sailed over the net with precision. He Bingzhao couldn't get it down and Ahn took game one.
In game two, Ahn dominated the hairpin battle and took an early lead. Leading 11-9 and earning a return point, Ahn rallied at 12-12 and forced her opponent into an error to take the lead.
A hairpin error by He Bingzhao put Ahn on match point. 바카라사이트 He Bingzhao's high clear went out of bounds, giving Ahn the win.
Ahn's semifinal opponent will be world number three Tai Chiu Ying (TAIWAN). Ahn holds a commanding 11-3 head-to-head lead over Tai Chiu-Ying. Ahn lost to Tai in the semifinals of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 last year, but defeated him in the final of the Malaysia Open in January this year.
On the men's side, Seo Seung-jae will be looking to complete a double by reaching the semifinals in both events.
Seo, paired with Kang Min-hyuk (Samsung Life Insurance), defeated world No. 5 Aaron Chia-Sow Yee-ik (Malaysia) 2-0 (21-19 21-16) in the men's doubles quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals.
His semifinal opponent will be World No. 1 Satwiksairaj Lankireddy-Chirag Shetty (India). Despite being down 2-4 in their head-to-head record, Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk won the India Open final in January.
In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, Seo teamed up with Chae Yoo-jung (Incheon International Airport) to defeat World No. 13 Tom Zickel-Delfin Delleuze (FRA) 2-0 (21-12 21-9) to reach the semifinals.
Their semifinal opponents will be World No. 6 Dechapol Dechapol Puavaranukro-Sapshiri Tharatanachai (Thailand). The Thai pair reached the semifinals after defeating the top-ranked mixed doubles team in the world, China's Zheng Zhiwei and Huang Yaocheng.
Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung trailed the Chinese pair 7-10, but had won their previous two matches.
In the highly anticipated women's doubles, Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport)-Baek Hana (Saemaul Money) and Kim Hye-jung (Samsung Life Insurance)-Jung Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) were both eliminated in the quarterfinals.
