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[Saba Sports News] Recently, the 2025 Badminton World Championships officially began in Paris, France. Before the tournament, Korean media published an article titled “It’s Unimaginable for An Se-young to Lose, Even the Chinese Themselves Wouldn’t Dare Think So,” pointing out that Korean badminton queen An Se-young possesses the most dominant strength in women’s singles history, and that Chinese and Japanese players can only compete for second place. Korean media noted that An Se-young’s form this season is terrifying. Starting from the Malaysia Open, she has won the India Open, Orleans Masters, All England Open, Indonesia Open, and Japan Open consecutively, claiming a total of six championship trophies. Although she had to withdraw from the semifinals of last month’s China Open due to worsening knee pain, she avoided serious injury and has fully prepared for the World Championships. Korean netizens generally believe that as long as her knee injury does not recur, An Se-young cannot possibly fail; even if it does, it is not necessarily means her title defense dream is shattered, just like at the Hangzhou Asian Games where she endured severe pain to win the gold medal. Even the tournament organizers, when introducing the women’s singles draw, used the title “Who Can Stop An Se-young?”