Looking to solve the An Se Young puzzle at the World Championships
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- With just two weeks left before the world's elite shuttlers gather for the BWF World Championships here, a towering figure headlines the women's singles draw. South Korea's An Se Young, the reigning Olympic champion, may currently be on a break to recover from an injury, but that has done nothing to diminish her status as the ultimate benchmark.
Across coaches, analysts and rivals, the consensus is striking - while the rest of the world's top players routinely exchange victories, the 24-year-old world No.1 remains virtually unplayable when on song. "I do still believe that apart from An Se Young, everybody in the field is beatable," says India's chief national coach Pullela Gopichand. "They're just finding ground, and I...
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