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At the recent 2025 Australia Open, Anie
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Young just secured her 10th title of
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this year. But what's so important about
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this tournament is not that she won the
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title or the fact that it's her 10th
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title of the year. It's the fashion in
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History is made. Done. It the first
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winning singles player to win the French
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With score lines like these, it makes
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you wonder what makes her so good and
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how can one even beat her. In this
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video, we will explain exactly that. But
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in order to properly break down how to
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effectively beat her, we need to start
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with what makes her so good.
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If you guys have watched Anie Young play
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before, you might have noticed that she
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plays a rather unorthodox women's
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singles. In fact, her style of play is
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very similar to men's singles.
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Being one of the fastest women's singles
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players on the circuit right now, Ani
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Young aims to play a faster flatter
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style with the goal of pushing the pace
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You can see this right off the bat with
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Well, bigger lead than she's had in a
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Compared to a traditional women's single
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serve, Anie Young chooses to use the
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backhand short serve.
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On top of this, she also pushes her
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serve deeper into the court, which will
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often force her opponent to reply back
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During the rally, an seyou young will
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also play further into the court to
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prevent her opponents from playing the
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net and to keep them stuck in the back
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By playing faster shots that travel
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farther into the court, Ani Young limits
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the angles of return her opponents can
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This allows her to move smoothly on
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court and essentially anticipate certain
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shots that her opponents might play.
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And during her game against Wardini,
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she capitalized a lot by pushing Wardini
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into her late corners and keeping her
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stuck there. And whenever Ordini wanted
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to slow the pace of the game down, An
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Sei Young would be ready to capitalize
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on her clear and change the pace.
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Also notice how Anu Young doesn't try to
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force a full powered smash, but instead
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she plays more for accuracy, angle, and
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So Anie Young will choose to play the
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higher percentage shot being the half
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smash and look for her next opportunity
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By focusing on the placement and her
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follow-up, Anie Young can force her
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opponent to play a faster game and
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And that's essentially what happened
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during this game against Wardi.
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Any young would play a faster rhythm and
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faster shots like drives, flat pushes,
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and clears to limit Wardeni shots like
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her fast drops and push her out of her
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comfortable rhythm, thus ultimately
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making Wardi make more unforced errors.
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In fact, in the first game alone, Anc
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Young's 21 points were made up of eight
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of Wardi's unforced errors.
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And that alone says a lot about how Anie
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Young's shot speed and overall pace of
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the game was tough for Wardy to deal
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And this is the same with her game
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against Ratchin where Ratchinox's game
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was riddled with mistakes.
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I wonder if she has that.
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And this is how Enay Young can produce
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such absurd score lines. By focusing on
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her shot, she can force her opponents
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into a faster rhythm, making them play
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more unforced errors while minimizing
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Ansu Young's shot speed and her shot
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selection also helps her anticipate what
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shots her opponent will play next,
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allowing her to change pace on the next
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shot and retrieve better as well.
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However, this isn't to say that a faster
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men's single style is superior to a
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women's single style. Otherwise, all the
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other women's singles players would
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The reason Anu Young can make this style
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work is due to many factors.
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The first factor to talk about are her
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This lays the foundation for pretty much
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everything else that she can pull off in
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Having strong legs allows Ani Young to
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push the pace of the game and also makes
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up the other half of her retrieving
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With this, she can make her opponent
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feel the need to rush their shots while
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simultaneously capitalizing on these
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For example, a shot that is difficult to
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deal with is the flat push to the
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In many rallies, Ani Young would choose
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to push this corner in hopes of getting
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her opponent to perform many body turns.
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But if her opponent plays this shot back
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to her, Ani Young is able to jump out
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and attack the shot rather than turning
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her body and taking an awkward around
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The second factor is her shot quality.
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And Su Young's style relies
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significantly on her shot quality to be
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near perfect. the moment her shot is a
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little bit loose or not as fast, her
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opponent can capitalize.
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Number one, that you know, you have to
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play your best shots to be able to win a
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So, all of these points of the Korean
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game complement and build on each other
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so well that it makes her almost
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That brings up the question, how does
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To answer this, we need to take a look
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at how players played when she lost. We
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can first take a look at how Yamaguchi
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played against Anza Young in the 2025
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A strategy that worked well for
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Yamaguchi was to attack the net, taking
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it early and playing a deceptive shot
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that still keeps the pace of the game
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These deceptions were not necessarily
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the same as the fast to slow pace
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changes like the ones we saw Ginting do
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against Mimo, but rather ones that focus
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more on changing direction and getting
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Ani Young to move the wrong way first.
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By doing this, Yamaguchi breaks Ani
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Young's rhythm, which is crucial to
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scoring points on her.
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Great play from Yamaguchi. She's in
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control of this point. Other players
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that Ani Young has struggled with are
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Chen Yu Fay and Tai Su Ying. While these
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players don't have the speed like
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Yamaguchi to take every shot so early,
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they have the suddenness and accuracy in
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their backcourt shots that can
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completely dismantle Ani Young's
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A crucial part of both these women's
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games that made it difficult for Ani
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Young to play is their ability to
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generate power at the last second of
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contact with the shuttle.
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By doing this, Titsuying and Chenyu were
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able to add much more deception and
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unexpectedness in their shots, which is
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essential to beating an opponent that is
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very stable on court like Ani Young. But
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what all of these players did well
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against Ani Young was that they all sped
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In a sense, it's kind of like pitting
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Ani Young's play style against herself.
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The reason why you must speed up your
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shot speed is to make it more difficult
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for Ani Young to control her shots
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because Ani Young's play style and
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exceptional rhythm on court rely heavily
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on her shot quality. So, if these
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players can somehow speed up their shot
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speed and force the world number one to
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reduce her shot quality, then they have
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a much better shot at winning.
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So, even though the world number one
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women's singles player seems absolutely
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unbeatable the past season due to a
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range of many factors that aid her game
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exceptionally well, she isn't
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Players like Yamaguchi and Chenu Fay
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have been able to beat Ani Young in the
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past year and have done so by either
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playing extremely fast or by having more
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suddenness in their swing, becoming more
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deceptive to break Aniong's rhythm.
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So, who do you guys think has the best
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shot of beating Ani Young in the World
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Tour Finals? Let us know in the comments
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Young becomes the first woman
