Ahn Se-young won the first competition of the new year..."Perfect revival."

[Anchor]
"Shuttlecock Empress" Ahn Se-young won the first international competition of the new year.

After last year's Paris Olympics, he slowed down due to the combination of direct remarks and injuries toward the association, but he beat the world's second-ranked Wang Zui to achieve his second consecutive victory, marking a perfect revival.

This is reporter Lee Kyung-jae.

[Reporter]
Ahn Se-young, the world's No. 1 finisher, is Wang Zhi of China, the world's No. 2 player who recently suffered two consecutive losses.

At the beginning of the first set, Wang Zhi took the lead.

However, at 8-11, Ahn Se-young fell once and received a shuttlecock, and the atmosphere changed when he brought a point after a 14-ball rally.

Ahn Se-young scored nine points down by mixing persistent defense, seasoned drop shots, and a large angle of smashing attack, widening the gap to 17-11.

Wang Zi's smashing gets caught in the net, and the first set is Ahn Se-young's victory.

Wang Zhi, who lost his momentum, made a series of mistakes in the second set as well.

Ahn Se-young, who led 5-0, ran to 11-2, and the game was virtually over.

At 21-7 in the second set, Ahn finished the match in 45 minutes and completed her second consecutive victory of the tournament.

With a spectacular ceremony that drew responses from fans, she announced the perfect revival of the shuttlecock empress, which has slowed down since the Olympics.

Ahn Se-young, who is competing with leaders of her team due to lack of a national coaching staff, will start hunting for victory for two consecutive weeks in the Indian competition starting on the 14th.

This is YTN Lee Kyungjae.



Video editing: Ma Young-hoo