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India Open 2026: Christie beats Loh Kean Yew; An Se Young to take on Wang Zhi Yi in women’s singles

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Jonatan Christie beats Loh Kean Yew; An Se Young sets up final clash at India Open 2026

By IANS News January 18, 2026 • 10:31 AM View: 100

Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie mixed his tactics and kept his nerves in key situations to beat former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles semifinals while world no. 1 An Se Young set up a women’s singles summit clash against China’s Wang Zhi Yi in the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event organised by the Badminton Association of India, here on Saturday.

Third seed Christie fought back in the opening game from 5-11 to beat the Singaporean 21-18, 22-20 in 46 minutes to reach the men’s singles final. Earlier, An Se Young defeated former champion Ratchnok Intanon of Thailand 21-11, 21-7 while Wang got the better of compatriot Chen Yu Fei 21-15, 23-21 in the women’s singles semifinals.