Jakarta, June 7 -- Reigning Olympic badminton champion An Seyoung defeated world champion Yamaguchi Akane 23-21, 21-12 to successfully defend her women's singles titleat the BWF Indonesia Open 2026 here on Sunday.
After digging deep in the semi-finals against World No. 4 Chen Yufei, An faced a tricky start against Yamaguchi in a tight opening game. But the 24-year-old World No. 1 from the Republicof Korea was unstoppable in the second game, taking victory in 39 minutes to clinch her ninth BWF World Tour Super 1000.
"This means a lot. I don't know. I'm so happy that I've won so many," An said, according to BWF.
"I had to forget yesterday's play. Today's a new day and I had to focus on today's match."Unlike their previous encounter at last...