Viktor Axelsen wins second BWF World Championships title

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Category : Sports Published on: August 30 2022

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Denmark's Viktor Axelsen won his second badminton world title on Sunday, beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 in the final in Tokyo.
Axelsen, who won Olympic gold last year, also claimed the world title in Glasgow in 2017.
The win gave Axelsen his sixth title of the season.
Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women’s world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo, beating China’s Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14.
Chen was bidding to become the first player from badminton powerhouse China to win a women’s singles world title since 2011.