YEOSU (South Korea), Nov 8 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- South Korean badminton star An Se-young won her record-tying 11th international title of the year on home soil on Sunday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
An, the world No. 1, defeated second-ranked Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 2-1 (21-12, 15-21, 21-16) in the women's singles final at the Yeosu Victor Korea Open at Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu, some 320 kilometres southwest of Seoul.
The Korea Open is the only South Korean event on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour.
This was An's 11th international victory of the year, tying the record first set by the men's singles player Kento Momota in 2019 and equalled by An herself in 2025.
This year, An has won eight tournaments on the BWF World Tour and gold medals at the Badminton Asia Championships, BWF World Championships and the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
An has lost just once in 72 matches all season -- the lone defeat coming against Wang Zhiyi of China in the All England Open final in March.
An also extended her winning streak against Yamaguchi to 11 matches.
An considered skipping the Korea Open, citing fatigue, but chose to compete in front of home fans.
-- BERNAMA-YONHAP
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