Who will An Se-young play in the 2026 Denmark Open women’s singles final?

An Se-young will play Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the women’s singles final at 7:50 p.m. Sunday Seoul time. The match follows An’s straight-game semifinal victory over Nozomi Okuhara.

How strong is An Se-young’s record against Akane Yamaguchi?

An Se-young has won her last nine head-to-head matches against Akane Yamaguchi. Their most recent listed meeting was the women’s singles final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where An won 2-0.

What would An Se-young achieve by winning the 2026 Denmark Open?

A Denmark Open victory would give An Se-young her ninth title of the 2026 season. Entering the final, she had won 60 of 61 matches and held a 98.4 percent winning percentage.

An Se-young reaches Denmark Open final, eyes ninth title of season

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Summary

An Se-young defeated Nozomi Okuhara in the Denmark Open semifinals on Saturday, advancing to the final. The reigning world champion will face Akane Yamaguchi at 7:50 p.m. Sunday Seoul time. An has won her last nine matches against Yamaguchi and needs one more victory to claim her ninth title of the 2026 season.

Key Facts

An defeated Okuhara 21-16, 21-8 in the women’s singles semifinal of the BWF World Tour Super 750 Denmark Open.
An’s season record improved to 60 wins and one loss in 61 matches, giving her a 98.4 percent winning percentage.
An defeated Yamaguchi in the women’s singles final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games last month.
World No. 1 men’s doubles pair Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho lost to Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals.

By Yonhap

Published Oct 18, 2026 2:18 pm KST

South Korea’s An Se-young competes in the women’s singles badminton semifinals against Japan’s Yamaguchi Akane on Day 10 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Ichinomiya, Japan, Sept. 29. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Reigning world badminton champion An Se-young has advanced to the final of the Denmark Open, moving one win away from her ninth title of the season.

An defeated Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 2-0 (21-16, 21-8) in the women's singles semifinals of the Denmark Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 event, on Saturday (local time).

She will face Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the final at 7:50 p.m. Sunday (Seoul time).

An has won her last nine head-to-head matches against Yamaguchi, including a 2-0 victory in the women's singles final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games last month.

With the semifinal victory, An improved her season record to 60 wins and one loss in 61 matches, giving her a winning percentage of 98.4 percent.

If she wins the Denmark Open title, it will be her ninth title of the 2026 season.

Meanwhile, the world No. 1 men's doubles pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho lost to Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals.

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