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At Ichinomiya City Gymnasium, Aichi Prefecture, where the Asian Games badminton individual event was held on the 26th, the match that started on the 26th continued until the early hours of the 27th, after the scheduled date. In fact, the official tournament information system showed that the men's singles third round was still underway at 1:15 a.m. on the 27th. The problem wasn't just that the final match was delayed; the singles players had to complete both the round of 32 and 16 in a single day. After playing one match, they had to wait several hours before returning to the court, and the players assigned to the last round ended up playing past midnight. Ahn Se-young played her first match around noon and finished her schedule around 12:45 p.m ., but the second match started after 7 p.m. and ended around 7:42 p.m., so it took nearly seven hours from the first game to the end of the second game. Kim Ga-eun was the same, around 1 p.m. After the first match, he faced world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi again in the evening, and as a result, Kim Ga-eun, who had been dealing with a hamstring injury since before the tournament, withdrew due to severe pain during the second match against Wang Zhiyi. The men's singles schedule was said to have been even harsher: Choi Ji-hoon played his first match after 5 p.m., had to start the second match around 11 p.m. the same night, and the match continued after 1 a.m. If two matches were scheduled in one day, the players To fully handle both games, it's necessary to consider match intervals, rest, meals, and travel conditions, but even considering that game times can be delayed, some games continuing until after 1 a.m. is disappointing in terms of players' recovery. Normally, just because a game ends doesn't mean a player's day ends immediately. They need to cool down and receive treatment, then move to their accommodation to get ready, but   if a player finishes a match at dawn, their actual bedtime will inevitably be even later. Ahn Se-young said, "It was harder than I expected," and Kim Ga-eun said, "Even with 100% health, it feels a bit too much." ,,,This AG operation is really  a mess!!!!!!!