Viktor Axelsen in motion (Credit: Twitter)
Axelsen cruised to a semi-remaining victory over fellow Dane Anders Antonsen with 21-9, 21-14, whereas Tai of Taiwan defied the chances in a tough-fought comeback win of 19-21, 21-15, 22-20 towards world primary An Se-young
Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen and former world primary Tai Tzu-ying earned appearances in deciding males’s and girls’s singles matchups following wins Saturday on the badminton World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China.
Axelsen cruised to a semi-remaining victory over fellow Dane Anders Antonsen in two video games settled with scores of 21-9 and 21-14.
The outcome means the 2022 World Championships winner will face Shi Yuqi of China — the World Tour Finals 2018 champion — within the deciding males’s singles matchup on Sunday.
Saturday’s play noticed Shi defeat Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie in two video games with scores of 21-16 and 21-15.
In the ladies’s singles competitors, world quantity 4 Tai of Taiwan defied the chances in a tough-fought comeback towards world primary An Se-young of South Korea, overcoming a primary-sport loss to win 19-21, 21-15, 22-20.
Tai will go on to interact Spain’s Carolina Marin within the deciding matchup Sunday.
Marin clinched her spot after defeating fellow Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China 21-17, 19-21, 21-13 in Saturday’s semi-remaining ladies’s singles pairing.
The event’s proceedings additionally noticed the ladies’s and males’s doubles groups from China and South Korea all advance to the 2 deciding matchups scheduled for Sunday.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
