Badminton star An Se-young captures record-tying 11th int'l title of year

Korean badminton star An Se-young claimed her record-tying 11th international title of the season on Sunday in China. An, world No. 1 and 2024 Olympic gold medalist, defeated Wang Zhiyi of China 2-1 (21-13, 18-21, 21-10) for the women's singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou on Sunday. The victory put An in a tie with the former men's singles player Kento Momota for the most international titles in a single season. An reached 12 finals in 15 BWF World Tour events this season, and her only loss in a final came against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan at the Korea Open in September. As the annual season finale, the World Tour Finals are open only to the top eight individual players and top eight doubles pairs from the World Tour season. In the women's singles, the eight players were divided into two groups, and the top two players from each group after round-robin action qualified for the semifinals. An went undefeated in the preliminary phase and then knocked off Yamaguchi in the semifinals to get a measure of