JAKARTA, June 17 (Xinhua) — China’s Olympic champion Chen Yufei rolled previous South Korea’s An Se-young to ebook her spot within the girls’s singles last on the 2023 Indonesia Open right here on Saturday.
Chen, who defeated An final month in China’s third consecutive Sudirman Cup victory, ousted the world No. 2 21-8, 21-17 in Indonesia’s landmark badminton enviornment generally known as Istora Senayan.
“An was more patient in the second game, and we were engaged in some long rallies, so I put up the pressure on her in the baseline,” the 25-year-old mentioned.
Chen will face Carolina Marin of Spain in Sunday’s last.
Chinese blended doubles duo Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, presently world No. 1, defeated their teammates Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping with scores of 21-19, 21-10 in 42 minutes. Their contenders within the last would be the Japanese duo Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.
Meanwhile, China’s Li Shifeng failed to succeed in the lads’s singles last, dropping to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15.
Ginting will face Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen on Sunday, who beat India’s HS Prannoy 21-15, 21-15 to succeed in his tenth BWF World Tour Super 1000 last in 11 occasions.
According to the organizing committee, the Indonesia Open will now not be held within the historic Istora Senayan ranging from subsequent 12 months. It is anticipated to be staged within the nation’s brand-new Indoor Multifunction Stadium (IMS) on account of bigger viewers capability.