{"id":16095,"date":"2023-01-14T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16095"},"modified":"2023-01-14T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:02:08","slug":"se-young-stuns-olympic-champ-yu-fei-at-favourite-venue-axiata-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16095","title":{"rendered":"Se Young stuns Olympic champ Yu Fei at favourite venue &#8211; Axiata Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14<\/strong> &#8212; Malaysia continues to be a happy hunting ground for South Korean women\u2019s singles player An Se Young, who is one step away from clinching her second Super 1000 title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World number four&nbsp;Se Young stunned world number two&nbsp;Chen Yu Fei 21-12, 19-21, 21-9 in&nbsp;the 2023 Malaysia Open&nbsp;semi-finals at the Axiata Arena, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After both shuttlers won a game each, the 20-year-old Se Young got the deciding game off to a cracker as she shot into an 8-0 lead, leaving last year\u2019s runner-up\u00a0Yu Fei shell-shocked, en route to her fourth Super 1000 tournament final.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-1024x574.png\" alt=\"se young\" class=\"wp-image-16096\" width=\"380\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-178x100.png 178w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-350x196.png 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM-800x448.png 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-14-at-6.01.03-PM.png 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was only Se Young\u2019s second win over the Tokyo Olympic&nbsp;champion in 10 meetings, with her last win also coming at the same venue during the women\u2019s singles final of the 2022 Malaysia Masters, a Super 500 tournament, last July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buoyant Se Young aims to emulate the feat achieved by her idol, Thailand\u2019s Ratchanok Intanon, who won the title last year but skipped this year\u2019s tournament due to an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/sports\/news.php?id=2156261\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 &#8212; 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