An Se-young closes in on 100 straight weeks at world No. 1

An Se-young is four weeks away from reaching 100 consecutive weeks as the world's No. 1 women's singles badminton player. The South Korean remained atop the Badminton World Federation rankings released Tuesday with 117,787 points, extending her current run at No. 1 to 96 weeks. An holds a comfortable lead over Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, who is second with 104,576 points, and China's Wang Zhiyi, who is third with 102,689. The BWF rankings are based on a player's 10 highest-scoring tournaments over