Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Vitidsarn ended Axelsen's juggernaut to win men's singles title while Young defeated Yamaguchi in matches that went beyond an hour.

The Japanese had the upper hand in the initial exchanges of the third and final game before the Korean managed to win 8 of the nine points from 4-7 down. “From my earlier loses against Viktor, I had learnt that if I could engage him in long rallies and take the match to the decider then I have a chance to win. In the day’s other match, Chinese men’s doubles champion Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang upset world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia 14-21, 21-19, 21-18. We request you to support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund. But a lucky net chord allowed the former junior world champion to draw level and he then clinch two straight points to win his first game against the Dane on 13th attempt. The top seed clearly looked more tired than his opponent during the business end of the match and handed the Thai his first Super 750 crown with an unforced error while returning a short serve.

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The Japanese had the upper hand in the initial exchanges of the third and final game before the Korean managed to win 8 of the nine points from 4-7 down. “From my earlier losses against Viktor, I had learned that if I could engage him in long rallies and take the match to the decider then I have a chance to win. The Thai shuttler was the underdog going into the summit clash against Axelsen, who had last lost a final in May 2021 and had been unbeaten in 13 thereafter, but showed little nerves as he stuck to the game plan of controlling the pace of the rallies and push the Olympic and world champion into longer rallies.

World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen was stunned by Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the India Open final on Sunday.

The Japanese had the upper hand in the initial exchanges of the third and final game before the Korean managed to win eightof the nine points from 4-7 down. He has as well, reaching the final of the 2022 World Championships where he would go on to lose to Axelsen. I had learnt that if I could engage him in long rallies and take the match to the decider then I have a chance to win. Of course, Vitidsarn was going to get rid of the 0 in his head-to-head record against Axelsen eventually. But if he was the underdog on paper, Vitidsarn would turn things around on the court of New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi stadium beating Axelsen 22-20 10-21 21-12 in an hour and four minutes. In fact against Axelsen he was on the wrong end of a 0-6 skid against the Olympic and World champion.

Two youngsters — Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn and South Korea's An Seyoung — put on scintillating shows to claim the men's and women's singles titles, ...

The Japanese had the upper hand in the initial exchanges of the third game before the Korean managed to win eight of the nine points from 4-7 down. “From my earlier losses against Viktor, I had learnt that if I could engage him in long rallies and take the match to the decider then I have a chance to win. Vitidsarn, 21, notched up the biggest title of his career when he beat Tokyo Olympics champion Axelsen of Denmark 22-20 10-21 21-12 in 64 minutes, while Seyoung saw off world No.

Earlier, Korean sensation An Seyoung won the Women's singles final. She beat World No.1 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi 15-21, 21-16, 21-12.

He defeated World No.1 Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final of the India Open Badminton Championship 22-20, 10-21 and 21-12 today at K. Thai shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn won the India Open title. Earlier, Korean sensation An Seyoung won the Women’s singles final.