An Se young claims her fifth title of 2025 with Indonesia Open win Anders Antonsen also victorious

JAKARTA – Trailing 9-17 in the second game, badminton’s world No. 1 An Se-young looked down and out in the Indonesia Open women’s singles final on June 8.

But the South Korean seized on a sudden lapse by China’s world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi, reeling in six points in a row en route to winning the second game 21-19. This levelled the match at 1-1 before she completed a comeback to seal her fifth title of 2025.

Overcoming an error-strewn start, An won 13-21, 21-19, 21-15 to bag the winner’s prize money of US$101,500 (S$130,900) at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta.

An, 23, said: “I was very frustrated because my performance wasn’t even half of what it usually is. But I had to go on with it and I think it worked.

“Coach told me to keep it simple, with repetitive basic strokes... I told myself to run fast and don’t make mistakes. So, I think I did that faithfully.”

This is also the third Super 1000 triumph of the year for the Paris Olympic champion.

Super 1000 tournaments form the second tier of competitions on the Badminton World Federation World Tour, just below the World Tour Finals. There are only four Super 1000 events on the calendar, with the July 22-27 China Open being the last one.

An had won the other Super 1000 tournaments earlier in the year – the Malaysia Open in January and the All England Open in March, where she had also come from behind to beat Wang in the final.

Wang said that defeat in Birmingham was not weighing on her mind.

The 25-year said: “I was leading in the first game, but at the end of the second game, my strategy was not working and I think that my opponent changed her strategy