Singapore Open 2023 Semi-Finals Highlights: An Se Young, Akane Yamaguchi reach singles final

Hello and welcome to the Khel Now live blog for the Singapore Open 2023 semi-Finals! Stay tuned for live updates as players eye a place in the finals.

Singapore Open 2023 Semi-Finals Schedule

WD: Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan vs Li We Mei/Liu Xuan Xuan

WS: Akane Yamaguchi vs Chen Yu Fei

XD: Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun vs Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje

WD: Zhang Shu Xian/Zheng Yu vs Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee

WS: Tai Tzu Ying vs An Se Young

XD: Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei vs Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino

MS: Anders Antonsen vs Kodai Naraoka

MD: Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang vs Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik

MS: Kunlavut Vitidsarn vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

MD: Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi vs Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho

Quarter-Finals Summary

Men's Singles

Kodai Naraoka, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Anders Antonsen and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting advanced to the semi-finals of the Singapore Open.

While third seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan beat China's Shi Yu Qi in straight games (21-14, 21-16), Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn overcame the in-form Christo Popov of France 21-13, 21-17 to make the semis in men's singles.

Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka recovered well to beat China's Li Shi Feng in three games. The second-seeded Indonesian won 13-21, 21-16, 12-21. In the final men's singles match of the day, Anders Antonsen beat Taipei's Chai Hao Lee 12-21, 13-21, 11-21.

Women's Singles

Korea's An Se Young made yet another semi-finals with a straightforward win over Wan Zhi Yi of China. The second-seeded Korean won the clash 21-18, 21-18. She will not meet Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, who beat He Bing Jiao 21-16, 21-11. The third-seeded Ying had little trouble against her fifth-seeded opponent.

In the other two women's singles semis, top-seed Akane Yamaguchi defeated compatriot Aya Ohori 21-18, 19-21, 21-16. while, China's Chen Yu Fei beat Supanida Katethong 21-18, 21-15.