School girl An Se-Young's fairytale run came to an end as holders South Korea crashed out to Thailand in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup on Thursday. Thailand will play hosts and hot favourites China in the last four of badminton's prestigious mixed-team world championship in Nanning.
An only turned 17 in February but she is already making a name for herself, winning the New Zealand Open earlier this month and then beating Taiwan's world number one Tai Tzu-ying on Wednesday. But the teenager, ranked 50th, finally ran out of steam against former world champion Ratchanok Intanon, going down 21-15, 21-17 in 53 minutes as Thailand defeated South Korea 3-1. The Koreans stunned 10-time champions China in the last edition of the Sudirman Cup, in 2017, but were missing their top man and woman singles players in Nanning.
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