: India Open: Kunlavut Vitidsarn upsets Viktor Axelsen, An Se Young downs Akane Yamaguchi in finals #IndiaNEWS Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn and South Korea’s An Se Young weared out their more fancied

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India Open: Kunlavut Vitidsarn upsets Viktor Axelsen, An Se Young downs Akane Yamaguchi in finals #IndiaNEWS
Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn and South Korea’s An Se Young weared out their more fancied opponents to clinch the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the India Open 2023 on Sunday.Vitidsarn, who had lost all the six men’s singles matches against top seed Axelsen before Sunday, engaged the tall Dane in long rallies in the decider before prevailing 22-20, 10-21, 21-12 in an hour and four minutes before Young got the better of Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 15-21, 21-16, 21-12 in just over an hour.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.Kunlavut Vitidsarn ???????? at full stretch to turn this rally around! ????#HSBCbadminton #BWFWorldTour #IndiaOpen2023 pic.twitter.com/4IHDwnQ0gM— BWF (@bwfmedia) January 22, 2023 The game plan allowed Vitidsarn to open up 16-13 lead before Axelsen clinched five straight points to take the lead and soon earned a game point. But a lucky net chord allowed the former junior world champion to draw level and he then clinch two straight points to win his...Read more

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