Korea Open: An Seyoung claims women’s singles title after defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong in final

Seoul [South Korea], April 10 (ANI): South Korea’s An Seyoung defeated Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong in the final to claim the women’s singles title of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 on Sunday.
The 20-year-old An Seyoung defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong in straight games by 21-17, 21-18 in 52 minutes of the Super 500 event at the Palma Stadium.
An Seyoung took the lead for the first time in the match with a well-placed shot on Chochuwong’s right to make the score 9-8. She then picked up two more to lead 11-8 at the break.
Chochuwong started strongly post the interval as she levelled the score at 12-12. With the game still at a knife-edge at 16-16, Korean upped the ante and pocketed the next five points out of six.
An Seyoung again made fewer mistakes in the second game to go up 11-9 at the interval. The young Korean then started to pull away after the break and took a 15-12 lead.
Chochuwong then put up a brilliant fight to level the scores again at 16-16. But the Korean held her nerves better as Chochuwong hit the final shot long to the left to give An Seyoung the championship. (ANI)