# Badminton cruises through individual events, women's singles' Ahn Se-young makes light work of quarterfinals

South Korean badminton sensation [Ahn Se-young.](https://totoblog.day/2023/10/ceremonies-0-01-second-comeback-wins-silver-in-mens-roller-3000m-relay/)

South Korea's Ahn Se-young defeated world No. 205 Abdul Razak Fatimas Nabaha (Maldives) 2-0 (21-4 21-6) in the women's singles round of 16 at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on Thursday.

Ahn, who reached the round of 32 in 23 minutes, was in dominant form against the underdog Nabaha.

After closing out the first game 21-4 in 10 minutes, Ahn took control of the second game from the start and closed out the match 21-6. The match lasted just 21 minutes.

Ahn, who won her first gold medal of the tournament by beating hosts China in the team event earlier in the day, will be a strong favorite in the individual competition.

Ahn's gold medal hopes have been boosted by the withdrawal of rival [Akane Yamaguchi](http://wiki.law.msu.ru/index.php/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0:Sportstotolink2) (JPN) due to injury.

Kim's teammate in the women's singles, Ga Eun Kim (Samsung Life), also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 (21-13 21-9) victory over Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand).

The world No. 3 women's doubles team of Kim So-young and Gong Hee-young advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 (21-15 18-21 21-13) victory over India's Trija Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in the round of 16 of the women's doubles.

Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong took the first game to take a commanding lead, but struggled to fight back in the second game to level the match.

Surprised by India's strength, the duo refocused and found their stride in the third game. After taking an early lead, South Korea cruised to a 21-13 victory to advance to the quarterfinals.

Baek Hana (left) and Lee So-young of South Korea in badminton women's doubles.

The world No. 2 women's doubles team of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee cruised to a 2-0 (21-16 21-7) victory over Chinese Taipei's Xu Ya-jing and Lin Wan-jing to reach the quarterfinals.

The mixed doubles were also victorious. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 (21-13 21-10) victory over Thailand's Teachapol Puavaranukro and Sapsiri Taeratthanachai.

The pair, who were knocked out in the round of 16 in mixed doubles at the Jakarta-Palembang Games five years ago, will be looking to go beyond the quarterfinals and win gold.

In the men's doubles, Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho, ranked 15th in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 (21-10 18-21 23-21) victory over [China's Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang](https://images.google.com.do/url?sa=t&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportstoto.link%2F), ranked second in the world.

After taking the first game with momentum, the Koreans were brought to their knees in the second game by China's relentless play.

The final game also went down to deuce, with the Koreans coming from behind to take the first two points and secure a valuable victory.

Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk fail to reach the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Meanwhile, the world No. 4 men's doubles team of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk fell 1-2 (19-21 21-18 13-21) to the world No. 8 pair of Liu Yuchen and Wu Xuan of China.

Seo and Kang suffered their first defeat at the Asian Games after winning their previous three matches against Liu Yuchen and Wu Xuan at the international level. [스포츠토토링크](https://www.sportstoto.link/category/%eb%a8%b9%ed%8a%80%ea%b2%80%ec%a6%9d/)