2024-07-28 20:40:28
‘Shuttlecock Queen’ Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) made a clean start toward the gold medal with a complete victory in her first match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
An Se-young won 2-0 (21-15 21-11) against Kalojana Nalvantova (Bulgaria) in the first preliminary match of Group A of the women’s singles at the Paris Olympics held at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris, France on the afternoon of the 28th (Korean time).
An Se-young, who won the first match easily, will advance to the tournament if she defeats Qi Xuefei (France) in the second group match to be held at 2:30 AM on August 1st.
The women’s singles group stage will feature three players in each group, with the top player from each group advancing to the round of 16.
World No. 1 An Se-young, who will advance to the round of 16 with a bye if she advances to the group stage, is likely to face Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) in the quarterfinals.
An Se-young, who had not been in perfect condition due to a recent injury, showed off her superior skills and finished the match in 35 minutes.
The mixed doubles pair of Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) – Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office), who suffered a crushing defeat to Indonesia the day before, defeated the pair of Tom Gickel – Delphine Deleuze (France) 2-0 (22-20 21-16), recording one win after one loss.
The doubles competition is a preliminary round with four teams divided into groups, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
The Kim Won-ho-Jeong Na-eun pair must win their final preliminary match against the Zheng Siwei-Huang Yachong (China) pair, who have two wins, to advance to the quarterfinals.
The men’s doubles pair of Kang Min-hyeok and Seo Seung-jae (both Samsung Life Insurance) defeated the pair of Christo Popov and Thomas Junior Popov (France) 2-0 (21-17 21-15) to secure their second consecutive win.
(Paris=News 1)
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2024-07-28 20:40:28