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[Saba Sports News] Recently, the Badminton World Federation released the latest world rankings for each individual event. In the women’s singles, Korean star An Se-young maintained her top position with 111,120 points. Since she became the world number one on August 2, 2023, she has accumulated 99 weeks at the top. Next week, she will reach 100 weeks, becoming the fourth player in history to enter the “100-Week Club.” The previous three players who achieved this are Tai Tzu-ying from Chinese Taipei (214 weeks), Li Xuerui from China (124 weeks), and Wang Yihan from China (116 weeks). Since 2023, An Se-young has made a name for herself in the badminton world. That season, she won 10 titles, including the World Championships and the Asian Games women’s singles gold medals, setting a record for the most titles by a female player in a single season. She claimed the world number one spot and was named the Best Female Player of the Year. Since then, An Se-young has continued to advance, winning the women’s singles gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She became the first South Korean player to win the women’s singles title since Bang Soo-hyun in 1996, 28 years earlier. In 2025, An Se-young continued to dominate the women’s singles, with a record of 32 wins and 1 loss so far. She has already won 5 titles this season and is expected to break her own record of 10 titles.