Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi clinch BWF World Championships singles title

World number one shuttler Viktor Axelsen clinched his second BWF World Championships title after beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in Tokyo yesterday. In the men's singles final, reigning Olympic champion Axelsen prevailed over world number 17 Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16. Denmark's Axelsen has lost only one singles match this season. It is his third major title in a year, he won the Tokyo Olympics crown and followed



it up with the All England title.

The women's singles title has been retained by Japan's reigning champion Akane Yamaguchi. Top-seeded Yamaguchi defeated China's Olympic champion Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14 in the final. This win gave Yamaguchi her second title of the year, after lifting the trophy at the All England Open in March.