Olympic champion and No. 1 seed Viktor Axelsen a straight set winner within the badminton’s semi-finals Malaysian Open on Saturday (January 14).
Dane defeated Tsuneyama Track in Japan 21-7, 21-15 to ebook his place within the males’s singles last.
That is Axelsen’s ninth consecutive last in BWF Tremendous 1000 stage tournaments, a brand new file.
He’ll face one other Japanese shuttler, Naraoka Kodai for the Kuala Lumpur title. Naraoka defeated Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, 21-17, 19-21, 21-17 within the different semi-final.
the Malaysian Open The ladies’s singles last will contain the highest two seeded gamers
No 1 rating Akane Yamaguchi defeated by Japan Tai Tzu Ying from Chinese language Taipei. The rating was 21-18, 21-16.
Second seed within the Individuals’s Republic of Korea A Se-Younger gained an exhilarating early semi-final, defeating fourth seed China Chen Yu Fei 21-12, 19-21, 21-9.
The finals of the primary BWF World Tour occasion in 2023 will happen on Sunday.
For full semi-final outcomes together with males’s doubles, girls’s doubles, and blended doubles, click on right here.