Kim Ga-eun , who will face off for a spot in the semifinals on the 3rd, lost 1-2 to world number 8 Tunjung in a deuce.
Korean badminton star Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) will face off against Yamaguchi Akane (Japan) in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the ‘2024 Paris Olympics’.
Ahn Se-young will play against Akane, ranked 5th in the world, in the quarterfinals of the women’s singles at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris, France at 3:30 PM on the 3rd (Korean time).
Ahn Se-young, who won 2-0 against Romania’s Kalojana Nalvantova in the first match on the 28th of last month, also defeated Qi Xuefei 2-0 in the second match on the 1st to advance to the round of 16 without a hitch.
In addition, Ahn Se-young, who received the top seed in this tournament as the world’s number 1, advanced directly to the quarterfinals with a bye in the round of 16.
Ahn Se-young proved herself to be the world’s best by winning both the women’s singles and women’s team events at the ‘2022 Hangzhou Asian Games’ held last year, becoming a double crown winner.
In particular, she showed a fighting spirit despite being injured in the women’s singles final and defeated her rival Chen Yufei (China), leaving a deep impression. She
is also considered the strongest candidate for a gold medal at this Paris Olympics and is showing off her unrivaled performance. Yamaguchi, who will face Ahn Se-young in the quarterfinals, is a strong player who was once ranked number 1 in the world. Her head-to-head record against Ahn Se-young is 10 wins and 13 losses, with Ahn slightly behind. They met twice in March this year, trading 1 win and 1 loss. If Ahn Se-young defeats Yamaguchi and advances to the semifinals, she will face the winner of the match between Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and Thailand’s Ratchanok Inthanon for a spot in the finals. Meanwhile, Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life), who competed in the women’s singles with Ahn Se-young, failed to advance to the quarterfinals. In the round of 16 of the women’s singles badminton competition held at 2:30 am on the 2nd, Kim Ga-eun lost 1-2 (4-21 21-8 21-23) to Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. With Kim Ga-eun’s narrow defeat that day, she unfortunately failed to advance to the quarterfinals alongside Ahn Se-young. Kim Ga-eun, ranked 17th in the world, faced Tunjung, ranked 8th in the world, and had a difficult match. After losing the first game by a large score of 4-21, Kim Ga-eun showed a determined appearance in the second game. Kim Ga-eun, who started the second game 4-0 by taking 4 points from the beginning, widened the score to 11-4. Kim Ga-eun, who set the mood, calmly continued the game and eventually won the second game with a large score difference of 21-8. In the third set, she lost 21-23 after a close match that went to deuce. 바카라게임