Viktor Axelsen

Kodai Naraoka is one match away from his biggest career success after the Japanese reached the Malaysia Open final to face defending champion Viktor Axelsen ...

KUALA LUMPUR: World number one men's singles shuttler, Viktor Axelsen (pix) began the 2023 season in style by defending the Malaysia Open title. Axels...

Congratulations to Kodai for having a fantastic week, he is an upcoming player, we will see much more from him,” he said. Meanwhile, Naraoka, 21, said his long matches, especially yesterday’s semi-finals against Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn affected his performance, for not being able to challenge Axelsen as he did in the semi-finals of the World Tour Finals in Bangkok, a month ago. Commenting on the win, Axelsen said it was obvious from the game style that Naraoka, who played long matches heading into the finals, was tired and not able to display his real form, losing his fourth in as many matches between them.

World number one Viktor Axelsen stayed on course to defend his Malaysia Open title as the Dane defeaated Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 21-7, 21-15 on Saturday ...

"I felt comfortable pretty quick. "It will be another tough match in the final. Naraoka and Axelsen previously faced off at the December World Tour Finals in a semi-final which Axelsen won.

Axelsen defeated Japan's rising star Naraoka, while Yamaguchi beat South Korea's An Se-young. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China also prevailed in women’s doubles final, with world No. World No. KUALA LUMPUR – World No.

KUALA LUMPUR: World No 1 Viktor Axelsen retained his Malaysia Open crown today with a comfortable win over Japan's Kodai Naraoka.

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen celebrates after defeating Japan's Kodai Naraoka in the Malaysia Open men's singles finals in Kuala Lumpur. (AP pic).

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Viktor Axelsen remains the man to dethrone in 2023 as the Danish ace dominated Kodai Naraoka to secure a 21-6, 21-15 victory in 40 minutes to defend his ...

World no. 1 Yamaguchi prevailed over Young in a three-game thriller that lasted for an hour and nine minutes.

In mixed doubles, the world no. The world no. The men’s singles final saw a repeat of last month’s World Tour Finals.

Yamaguchi was taken to a decider by An Se Young, while Axelsen got the better of Kodai Naraoka in straight games.

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DENMARK's singles star Viktor Axelsen served a strong reminder to his rivals that he is set to be untouchable again this season after smashing his way to ...

1 Akane Yamaguchi overcame South Korea’s world No. 7, who had reached his first World Tour Super 1000 tournament. The world No. “In fact, he had played for nearly double the time that I had played in this tournament as all his matches went to three games. The 29-year-old went on to praise the world No. “I could see that Kodai was a bit tired as he had played a very long match in the semi-finals.

Denmark's Tokyo 2020 champion Axelsen beat Naraoka Kodai to claim the men's singles title, while Yamaguchi overcame An Se Young for the women's crown, ...

21-18, 18-21, 21-13 was the score. For the full final results including men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, [Yamaguchi Akane](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/akane-yamaguchi) beat [An Se-Young](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/seyoung-an) of Korea for the women's crown in the opening World Tour event of 2023.

World No.1 Viktor Axelsen claimed the men's singles title at the season-opening BWF Malaysia Open, easily crushing Japan's Kodai Naraoka 21-6, 21-15 in ...

The women's singles crown went to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan after the top seed defeated second seed An Se-Young of South Korea 12-21, 21-19, 21-11 to win the World Tour Super 1000 event. The women's doubles crown also went to a Chinese pair after top seeds Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan beat unseeded Baek Ha-Na and Lee Yu-Lim of South Korea 21-16, 21-10. The Danish defending champion, who was the top seed in the Malaysian capital, took only 40 minutes to triumph at the US$1.25 million World Tour Super 1000 event at the Axiata Arena.