World No 1 Viktor Axelsen won the All England Open Badminton Championship in Birmingham on Sunday, defeating Lakshya Sen 21-10, 21-15 in the men’s singles final.
In a battle that lasted 53 minutes, Axelsen defeated Sen. Axelsen overpowered Sen from the start, and the match was a one-sided affair.
Before Sen tried to reduce the gap in the first game, Axelsen had won the first six points. The Olympic gold medalist, on the other hand, was far too exact in his stroke selection, as he easily won the first game. Sen looked marginally better in the second game, but Axelsen kept his cool to win both the game and the match.
After Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001), the young Indian shutter was attempting to become only the third man to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, which is the world’s oldest and most famous badminton championship.
Sen is only the sixth Indian to reach the All England final, following Prakash Nath (1947), Prakash Padukone (1980 and 1981), Pullela Gopichand (2001), and Saina Nehwal (2015).
On the other hand, Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi on Sunday was crowned as 2022 All England women’s singles champion. The second-seed clinched a 21-15, 21-15 victory over South Korea’s An Seyoung in 43 minutes.
