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[Saba Sports News] In the second round of the 2025 Denmark Open, Chen Yufei suffered a 0-2 upset defeat to Mia Blichfeldt, failing to advance to the round of 16. Regarding this, Korean media “Spo News” published an article: What’s wrong with An Se-young’s nemesis? Eliminated 2-0 in the Denmark Open round of 16, why is Chinese ace Chen Yufei performing so poorly in her last two tournaments? The article wrote: Chen Yufei was An Se-young’s nemesis in the 2025 season, winning two of their three encounters. The most crucial one was the World Championships semifinal, where Chen Yufei halted An Se-young’s bid for consecutive World Championships titles. Her career head-to-head record against An Se-young is also slightly favorable at 14 wins and 13 losses. Fans were looking forward to another match between them at this Denmark Open, but unexpectedly, Chen Yufei exited early before meeting the ‘Badminton Empress’. So, what’s wrong with Chen Yufei? In the World Championships semifinal on August 30, Chen Yufei suffered an ankle sprain, which was diagnosed on September 2 as a partial ligament tear. After resting for only 15 days, she participated in the China Masters but lost to teammate Han Yue there too. After a month’s rest, Chen Yufei participated in the Denmark Open, but it seems her ankle injury still hasn’t fully healed.