French Open: An Se Young stuns Carolina Marin to lift title

The 17-year-old Korean erased a one-game deficit to beat the three-time World Champion 16-21, 21-18, 21-5 in a gripping 69-minute contest.

Published : Oct 27, 2019 21:58 IST , Paris

An Se Young beat Carolina Marin to claim her maiden HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 title.
An Se Young beat Carolina Marin to claim her maiden HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 title.
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An Se Young beat Carolina Marin to claim her maiden HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 title.

Korean teen sensation An Se-young stunned reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in an epic final to lift the women’s singles title at the French Open badminton tournament, here on Sunday.

The 17-year-old Korean erased a one-game deficit to beat the three-time World Champion 16-21, 21-18, 21-5 in a gripping 69-minute contest.

It was Se-young’s fourth title of the season and first at BWF Super 750 level as she further underlined her growth as a world class shuttler.

Meanwhile, Rio Olympics champion fifth seed Chinese Chen Long grabbed the men’s singles trophy with a 21-19, 21-12 win over Indonesia’s Jonathan Christie in the final which lasted 51 minutes.

Marin paid credit to her opponent and said it was still a good week for her.

“I tried to win in two games because I knew going to a third would be tough. But she played really well and I just made too many mistakes in the second and third.

“It’s still a good week for me. I beat three top players in [Nozomi] Okuhara, Ratchanok [Intanon] and Tai. I will now analyse what happened and continue to improve my play," Marin told the BWF website.

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