{"id":1537,"date":"2025-11-23T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:54:28","slug":"an-se-young-clinches-australian-open-crown-eyes-momotas-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/an-se-young-clinches-australian-open-crown-eyes-momotas-record\/","title":{"rendered":"An Se-young Clinches Australian Open Crown, Eyes Momota\u2019s Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Australian Open, An Se-young claimed her <strong>10th title of the year<\/strong> after defeating Indonesia\u2019s Putri Kusuma Wardani in the final, Sunday (23\/11\/2025).<\/p>\n<p>Competing at Quaycentre Olympic Boulevard in Sydney, the South Korean star secured a straight-game victory, <strong>21-16, 21-14<\/strong>, in just 44 minutes. This achievement breaks her own personal record of nine titles set in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very special, of course, to win my 10th title. I\u2019m really happy. I want to break Momota\u2019s record, but I\u2019m just taking it one step at a time. I only want to play my best every match,\u201d said An after her win at the <strong>US$475,000 Super 500 tournament<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/an-se-young-eyes-historic-10th-title-down-under\/\">Currently, the record for most World Tour titles in a single season belongs to <strong>Kento Momota<\/strong>,<\/a> who won 11 titles in 2019. An Se-young is now closing in on that milestone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Top seed An Se Young \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 contests Putri Kusuma Wardani \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9 for the title.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BWFWorldTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BWFWorldTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AustralianOpen2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AustralianOpen2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OPL4epPvHP\">pic.twitter.com\/OPL4epPvHP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BWF (@bwfmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bwfmedia\/status\/1992586432800800816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"newchampionsinothercategories\"><strong>New Champions in Other Categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Singles:<\/strong> Yushi Tanaka fell short against Lakshya Sen. The seventh seed clinched his <strong>first title of 2025<\/strong> at the Australian Open.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mixed Doubles:<\/strong> Malaysia\u2019s Chen Tang Jie\/Toh Ee Wei finally broke their drought by defeating Indonesia\u2019s Jafar Hidayatullah\/Felisha Pasaribu, <strong>21-16, 21-11<\/strong>. This is their first title since winning the <strong>World Championships in August<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"emergingstarsinmensdoubles\"><strong>Emerging Stars in Men\u2019s Doubles?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Young Indonesian pair <strong>Raymond Indra (20) and Nikolaus Joaquin (21)<\/strong> showcased incredible potential by beating seasoned duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/raymond-joaquin-secure-first-super-500-title-at-australian-open\/\"><strong>Fajar Alfian\/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri<\/strong> in the final, <strong>22-20, 10-21, 21-18<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sensational win raises the question: <strong>Are we witnessing the rise of Indonesia\u2019s next men\u2019s doubles stars?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All-Indonesian \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9 final sees Alfian\/Fikri take on young pair Indra\/Joaquin.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BWFWorldTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BWFWorldTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AustralianOpen2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AustralianOpen2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WIWqijRt7N\">pic.twitter.com\/WIWqijRt7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BWF (@bwfmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bwfmedia\/status\/1992495835117130147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"epic109minutebattleinwomensdoubles\"><strong>Epic 109-Minute Battle in Women\u2019s Doubles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In another all-Indonesian final, <strong>Rachel Allessya Rose\/Febi Setianingrum<\/strong> triumphed over <strong>Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma\/Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari<\/strong> with a nail-biting scoreline: <strong>21-18, 19-21, 23-21<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The match lasted <strong>109 minutes<\/strong>, and the victory marks the biggest achievement in Rachel\/Febi\u2019s career\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/indonesia-adds-another-title-at-australian-open-2025-through-womens-doubles\/\">made even more special as they were only paired in <strong>September<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"australianopen2025finalsrecap\"><strong>Australian Open 2025 Finals Recap<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women\u2019s Singles (WS):<\/strong> An Se-young (KOR\/1) def. Putri Kusuma Wardani (INA\/2) \u2013 21-16, 21-14<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Singles (MS):<\/strong> Lakshya Sen (IND\/7) def. Yushi Tanaka (JPN) \u2013 21-15, 21-11<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mixed Doubles (XD):<\/strong> Chen Tang Jie\/Toh Ee Wei (MAS\/1) def. Jafar Hidayatullah\/Felisha Pasaribu (INA\/2) \u2013 21-16, 21-11<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Doubles (MD):<\/strong> Raymond Indra\/Nikolaus Joaquin (INA) def. Fajar Alfian\/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (INA\/5) \u2013 22-20, 10-21, 21-18<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women\u2019s Doubles (WD):<\/strong> Rachel Allessya Rose\/Febi Setianingrum (INA) def. Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma\/Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari (INA) \u2013 21-18, 19-21, 23-21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Australian Open, An Se-young claimed her 10th title of the year after defeating Indonesia\u2019s Putri Kusuma Wardani in the final, Sunday (23\/11\/2025). Competing at Quaycentre Olympic Boulevard in Sydney, the South Korean star secured a straight-game victory, 21-16, 21-14, in just 44 minutes. This achievement breaks her own personal record of nine titles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/an-se-young-clinches-australian-open-crown-eyes-momotas-record\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Se-young Clinches Australian Open Crown, Eyes Momota\u2019s Record<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,17,5],"tags":[299],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-badminton","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-badminton-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}