Comeback victory in Odense
An Se-young defeated Akane Yamaguchi 21-23, 21-14, 21-18 in the Denmark Open women's singles final in Odense on October 18. The result gave the Korean player her 47th international individual title under the BWF statistics cited in the report, moving past Susi Susanti's listed total of 46.
The counting covers individual championships and excludes team titles. The report explains that regional competitions are included under the relevant statistical rules, with An's latest Asian Games singles gold contributing to the earlier total of 46. The milestone therefore needs that defined scope rather than being presented as an unqualified count across every category of competition.
Recovering from deficits
An led 18-15 in the first game before Yamaguchi recovered to win 23-21. In the second, An trailed 11-13 but used a seven-point run to turn the game around and level the match. Yamaguchi again moved ahead, 12-9, in the decider. An then scored seven successive points and eventually closed out the game 21-18.
The report describes visible ankle discomfort during the final game, without providing a medical diagnosis. It lists nine World Tour titles for An this season, a 61-1 match record and a 44-match winning streak at that point. Her only defeat was the All England final against Wang Zhiyi in March.
French Open participation was the next planned step. That schedule offered a further opportunity to add titles, rather than establishing a result in France or a new single-season record already achieved.