ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- An Se-young extended her winning streak to 43 matches on Saturday, beating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-16, 21-8 in 36 minutes to reach the Denmark Open final.
An, ranked world No. 1, is 60-1 this season and one win from defending her title at the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
An will play third-seeded Akane Yamaguchi of Japan for the title Sunday, who beat second-seeded Wang Zhiyi of China 21-10, 21-19.
In men's singles, seventh-seeded Alex Lanier of France, the reigning world champion, beat eighth-seeded Victor Lai of Canada 21-19, 21-10 in their third meeting this year.
He will play fifth-seeded Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who rallied past second-seeded Christo Popov of France 9-21, 21-16, 21-13 before the home crowd.
In men's doubles, fourth-seeded Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia beat top-seeded Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae of South Korea 21-14, 21-18.
Chia and Soh will face third-seeded Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri of Indonesia, who beat second-seeded Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China 21-16, 16-21, 21-16.
In women's doubles, second-seeded Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia beat sixth-seeded Bao Lijing and Cao Zihan of China 21-16, 21-14 to become the first Malaysian women's doubles pair to reach the Denmark Open final in 18 years.
They will play Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita of Japan, who beat seventh-seeded Sumire Nakade and Miyu Takahashi 21-18, 18-21, 21-18 in an all-Japanese semifinal.
China will have both pairs in the mixed doubles final. Top-seeded Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping beat Hoo Pang Ron and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 21-13, 21-13, and second-seeded Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin beat eighth-seeded Cheng Xing and Zhang Chi of China 17-21, 21-12, 21-13. ■
