S. Korean women's badminton doubles team captures world title

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's women's doubles badminton team, consisting of Baek Hana and Lee So-hee, secured the world title on Sunday at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi. This marked South Korea's first victory in the event in over three decades. The duo outperformed Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning of China with a score of 21-15, 21-15 in the women's doubles final at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

Baek and Lee established dominance from the beginning, claiming the first five points and maintaining control throughout the match. They opened up a 10-5 lead in the second game, and despite a brief comeback by the Chinese pair, Baek and Lee ultimately clinched the title within 51 minutes.

Meanwhile, in the men's doubles, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho fell short of defending their title, losing to Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the semifinals with a score of 21-17, 21-18. Later on Sunday, world No. 1 An Se-young will face off against second-ranked Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the women's singles final, with An having claimed her first world title in 2023 and Yamaguchi crowned champion in 2021, 2022, and 2025.