Young & Hyun reach final of Gwangju Korea Masters

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Patna :  Fifth seed Sung Ji Hyun, 28, South Korea, and 7th seed A N Se Young, 17, South Korea, will clash in the final of Gwangju Korea Masters, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament, at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium, Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea, on November 24, 2019. The winner of the title will get 7,000 BWF rankings points whule the runner-up will get 5,950 points.

World No 10 A N Se Young, who had won French Open singles title on October 27, 2019, upset top seed and World No 4 Akane Yamaguchi, 22, Japan, in straight games 21-16, 21-16 in 46 minutes in semi-finals on November 23, 2019. Young won 42 rallies in the match to 32 by Yamaguchi. She won 7 consecutive points in the match to 4 by the Japanese. Young now leads Yamaguchi 2-0 Head to Head.

World No 14 Sung Ji Hyun beat World No 36 Saena Kawakami, 21, Japan, in straight games 21-12, 21-10 in 36 minutes in semi-finals on November 23. Hyun won 42 rallies in the match to 22 by Kawakami. She won 5 consecutive points in te match to 2 by Kawakami. The two players are now locked 1-1 Head to Head.