In the 2019 Sudirman Cup Group C top spot, the South Korean team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 3-2 to win the group first place. Among them, the 17-year-old An Shiying performed eye-catchingly. She defeated the badminton team with a 2-1 reversal. Sister Dai Ziying , her key 1 point saved the Korean team.
The South Korean team and the Chinese Taipei team both defeated the Hong Kong team of China before, and they have already locked the right to qualify in advance. Because South Korea's Seo Seung-jae competes in both mixed doubles and men's doubles, the men's doubles competition will be held in the first game. The Chinese Taipei team's Li Yang/Wang Qilin performed well. They defeated South Korea's Ji Sugui/Seo Seungjae 2-0 (21-15, 21-13), and the Chinese Taipei team led 1-0.
The second women’s singles match was between Tai Tzu Ying and An Shiying. Tai Tzu Ying is the No. 1 lady in the world of badminton today. She has stayed at the world No. 1 position for 128 weeks, which has created the longest record in the history of women's singles. An Shiying is currently ranked 50th in the world. Her previous best performance was when she defeated Li Xuerui to win the New Zealand Open in early May. This time, Korean veteran Sung Ji Hyun was absent due to injury, and An Se-young shouldered the heavy responsibility to represent the team in the women's singles.
Tai Ziying quickly took the lead in the first game. She withstood many attacks from An Shiying. After 7-6, Tai Ziying scored 3 points in a row to pull away. Afterwards, Tai Tzu Ying continued to expand her advantage and took the lead 21-14. An Shiying played more proactively in the second game and maintained the lead in the score. Although Tai Ziying worked hard to counterattack and narrowed the gap to 1 point twice, she was still unable to recover. An Shiying pulled back 21-18. Return one game.
In the decisive game, Tai Tzu Ying led 4-2, but An Shiying scored 5 points to lead. Tai Tzu Ying recovered 2 points, and An Shiying launched a new offensive, hitting an 11-1 scoring climax and establishing the victory in one fell swoop. Tai Tzu Ying subsequently saved 4 court points to no avail. 21 to 16, An Se Young won the decisive game and narrowly won 2 to 1. The South Korean team tied the total score at 1 level.
First defeated the former world number one Li Xuerui in the New Zealand Open final, and now defeated the current world number one Tai Ziying. An Shiying fully demonstrated her strength. With An Shiying's current upward momentum, she will become a dark horse that cannot be underestimated in the Tokyo Olympics. She will also become a strong rival of Chinese women's singles Chen Yufei in the future.
In the third men's singles showdown, Zhou Tiancheng did not give South Korea's Lee Dong-geun any chance. 21-12, 21-17, Zhou Tiancheng won in straight games, and the Chinese Taipei team took the lead again 2-1. If it weren't for An Se-young's comeback victory over Tai Tzu-ying in the second game, the Korean team would have surrendered in the first three games.
There was no suspense in the women's doubles match. South Korea's Zhang Yina /Kong Xirong easily defeated Chinese Taipei's Zhang Jinghui/Yang Jingdun 2-0 (21-13, 21-15). The Korean team tied at 2. In the last mixed doubles match, South Korea’s Xu Chengjae/Cai Yujing defeated Chinese Taipei’s Zeng Minhao/Hsieh Peishan 2-0 (21-10, 21-18). The South Korean team came back to win 3-2, winning both games and ranking first in the group, while the Chinese Taipei team ranked second.
