The 21-year-old defeated china's reigning champion Chen Yufei in a three-game thriller 21-17, 10-21, 21-19 to win the women's singles title in Birmingham. An se Young beat the former world no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-final that extended to an hour and 22 minutes.
Defending champions lakshya Sen and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started their campaigns with good wins. But PV Sindhu exited in the first round as she continued to struggle on her return from a five-month injury layoff. She will now face china's Chen Yufei in the next round.
Akane Yamaguchi defeats Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying 21-18, 22-20 to claim women's singles crown. Yamaguch defeated Chen Yufei of China in the semifinals on Sunday. The 25-year-old was named the Badminton World Federation female player of the year for the first time.
Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday. The 25-year-old beat china's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14. China has won a total of 15 women’s singles world titles – five times more than any other country.
Nozomi Okuhara and P.V. Sindhu have pulled out due to injuries. Top seed Akane Yamaguchi is the Japanese hope for the title. Top four seed Tai Tzu-ying and Chen Yufei are in the bottom half of the draw.
