Overview
- The world No. 1 beat Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki 21-7, 21-17 in 41 minutes in Suwon to advance.
- Her path is considered favorable with top Chinese contenders Wang Zhiyi, Han Yue and Chen Yufei not in the draw.
- An’s run this week has featured straight-sets wins over Karupathevan Letshanaa and Chiu Pin-Chian before dispatching Miyazaki.
- Top men’s doubles seeds Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho beat China’s Ren Xiangyu and Xie Haonan 24-22, 21-11 to reach the semifinals, where they face Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.
- Women’s doubles pairs Kong Hee-yong/Kim Hye-jeong and Baek Hana/Lee So-hee won their quarterfinals and will meet for a place in the final after defeating Rui Hirokami/Sayaka Hobara and Hsieh Pei-Shan/Hung En-Tzu.