Axelsen downs Christie to storm into India Open remaining

World primary Viktor Axelsen cruised into the India Open badminton remaining after he eased previous Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 21-6, 21-12 on Saturday.

The Danish ace and prime seed, recent from his Malaysia Open win on Sunday, served out his fourth-seed opponent in 38 minutes within the males’s singles semi-finals in New Delhi.

“I really feel actually good. I felt actually recent going into my match at present,” mentioned Axelsen, whose quarter-final match on Friday was lower brief when his compatriot Rasmus Gemke retired with a leg damage.

“I moved properly and photographs had been good.”

Axelsen, who gained the India Open in 2017 and 2019, will tackle Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn — who fought previous Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 27-25, 21-15 — within the Sunday remaining.

“I am wanting ahead to a superb remaining and I’ve performed Vitidsarn on a number of events within the remaining,” he mentioned.

The 21-year-old Vitidsarn, a former world junior champion, banked on robust defence to counter the attacking fashion of Ginting, who began by taking a 12-6 lead, in a 58-minute battle.

Ladies’s prime seed and Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi beat Thailand’s Supanida Katethong 21-17, 21-16 to arrange a title conflict with An Se-young — a repeat of Sunday’s remaining in Malaysia, which Yamaguchi gained.

The 2-time world champion and present world primary remained on the prime of her recreation to say victory in 39 minutes towards the Thai.

Within the different semi-final, South Korea’s An fought again from a recreation right down to beat China’s He Bing Jiao 11-21, 21-16, 21-16.

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