Lakshya Sen pays tribute to Viktor Axelsen after the two-time Olympic champion retires at 32 due to a back injury, ending one of badminton’s greatest careers.
Paris Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and South Korea’s An Se Young registered thumping victories to clinch the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively in the India Open 2025 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall here on Sunday.
Prannoy found his rhythm early in the second game and took the game to the reigning Olympic champion who tried hard to get back into the match but the Indian maintained control over the proceedings and forced a decider.
The 21-year-old rarely made any unforced errors and managed to frustrate his Indonesian opponent in the 58-minutes encounter to win 27-25, 21-15 to reach the final of his first Super 750 event, Yonex-Sunrise India Open. Later, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark defeated another Indonesian Jonatan Christie 21-6, 21-12.
Axelsen now possesses the last three Super 1000 titles in addition to the Olympic, World, and BWF World Tour Finals trophies thanks to his victory. In Glasgow in 2017, he additionally won the global championship.
This was world No. 12 Lakshya Sen's first-ever win against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen, the world No. 1 in the current badminton rankings.
Reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon claimed the men’s and women’s singles titles at the…
Srikanth, who reached five finals and clinched four titles this year so far, now has 73,403 points.
Before Denmark and French titles, Srikanth had won back to-back titles at Indonesia and Australia in June.
Jonassen joined Danish National team as its chief coach in 2013 after coaching England for some time.
