Denmark Open Finals LIVE: Axelsen fights back to beat Momota in 3 games, Yamaguchi wins Women title: Akane Yamaguchi of Japan has won women’s singles title. 2nd seed Yamaguchi defeated An Se-young of South Korea as the later retired in the 3rd set. The Men’s Singles title will be played between World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan vs Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark – Follow all Denmark Open LIVE Updates on InsideSport.in
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Denmark Open Finals LIVE: Axelsen fights back to beat Momota in 3 games, Yamaguchi wins Women title
Axelsen vs Momota LIVE – Kento Momota takes 1st game 22-20,
- 22-20 for MOMOTA it is
- 20-20 – This is brilliant by both the players, exactly what is expected out of WORLD’s TOP 2 players.
- Neck to neck now – 19-18 for Axelsen
- Brilliant Momota fights back – 14-14
- Axelsen leads 14-9
- Viktor Axelsen leads 11-6 at 1st break
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Yamaguchi Wins Women Singles: 19 year old from Korea An Se-Young started with a bang in the 1st set as she won the game by 21-18. The second game was a real heart-stopper. After lots of ups and downs Yamaguchi finally prevailed 25-23 to level the games 1-1.
The young Korean could not sustain the momentum in the 3rd set and retired at the score of 5-16 in favor of Yamaguchi.
Maximum effort 💪 from Akane Yamaguchi 🇯🇵 and An Seyoung 🇰🇷 in this awesome rally.
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Yamaguchi vs An Se-Young LIVE: An was taken to three games by unseeded Scot Kirsty Gilmour but eventually closed out the match 21-13, 12-21, 21-16 in 56 minutes.
Following a back-and-forth affair in the first two sets, the 19-year-old asserted her dominance in the decider to take the lead and keep it after three points.
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Second seed Yamaguchi managed to beat China’s He Bingjiao in straight sets 23-21, 22-20 in a closely fought contest.
Yamaguchi’s clinical instinct separated the two and provided the edge as she now has one hand on the trophy she won five years ago in 2016.
In the first game, sixth seed He, had game point but capitulated to lose four straight points.
Men’s Singles Finals, Axelsen vs Momota LIVE for Denmark Open title
Kento Momota 🇯🇵 goes through to meet Viktor Axelsen 🇩🇰 for tomorrow’s final at the VICTOR Denmark Open 2021.#BWFWorldTour #DenmarkOpen2021 #RaiseARacket 🏸 pic.twitter.com/ngzmQMDiK8
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Men’s singles top seed Kento Momota of Japan cruised past the unseeded Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto 21-7, 21-12 to book his place in the final after 38 minutes.
Momota won the tournament back-to-back in 2018 and 2019 but withdrew before the start of the 2020 edition because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in Europe.
He will face home favourite Viktor Axelsen in the final after the Dane also produced a comprehensive performance to beat Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-9, 21-11 in a quickfire match lasting 34 minutes.
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