And she has already won 56 matches this year, just 9 shy of the all-time WS record, with more than 3 months left of the year (https://t.co/nGS1kyzAGT):
More ๐ฐ๐ท An Se Young numbers. With the China open victory, she has won 9 World Tour-equivalent titles this year, which is more than any other WS player has ever done (https://t.co/llA6JvFa5Z):
Let's not forget An Se Young, who added the China Open to her resume, meaning she is only the Olympic title short of the full plate - at the age of 21! ๐ฐ๐ท๐คฏ๐ช
ICYMI @ViktorAxelsen can make history today, as the first MS player to complete a career Grand Slam (to borrow a tennis term).
Only 4 MS players (including Viktor) have so far managed to win 5 of the 6 biggest tournaments at least once during their career:
ICYMI @ViktorAxelsen can make history today, as the first MS player to complete a career Grand Slam (to borrow a tennis term).
Only 4 MS players (including Viktor) have so far managed to win 5 of the 6 biggest tournaments at least once during their career:
Fun side note, last time a singles finalist also reached a doubles final was in 1987, when Han Aiping and Li Lingwei, both finalists in the WS, teamed up to get the silver in the WD.
No male player player has ever reached the finals of a the singles and a doubles category.
An increasing rarity in badminton, Seo Seung Jae reaches the #BWFWorldChampionships2023 in 2 categories, the first time that has happened since 2017 when Chen Qing Chen did it.
You don't get a medal for predicting this match going to 3 sets - of all the MS players on the World Tour, Chou and Lee had the highest rate of 3-set matches in 2022 (minimum 15 matches played)