Asian Games in Nagoya: two golds for Korea, An Se-young defends her title and Lee/Baek end a 24-year wait
On 29 September 2026 An Se-young beat Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-9 and Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na won women's doubles 26-28, 21-18, 21-18.
Women's singles
World No. 1 An Se-young beat Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-9 in the Asian Games women's singles final on Tuesday 29 September 2026 at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, according to Korea JoongAng Daily and Khaleej Times. Both describe her as the first woman to defend the Asian Games singles title; the JoongAng Daily adds that she has now won nine meetings in a row against Yamaguchi, two of them at these Games, and Khaleej Times says she dropped no game in the tournament.
Women's doubles
Earlier the same day Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na beat China's world No. 1 pair Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning 26-28, 21-18, 21-18, per the Korea JoongAng Daily and the Korea Herald. Both say it ended a 24-year gap: Korea's previous women's doubles gold came at the 2002 Busan Games, won by Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won. The JoongAng Daily adds that the pair had taken silver in 2023.
A caveat on names
The JoongAng Daily writes the Chinese pair's first player as "Lin" in the text and "Liu" in a caption; we use Liu, as the Korea Herald does.
Why it matters
Korea's women dominated the day, with two titles in a few hours. For club players, the three-game women's doubles final, which swung on a 28-26 first game, is a good example of how a match can turn after a lost game.