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Birmingham: Denmark's Viktor Axelsen clinched the men's singles title of the All England Open at Birmingham Arena here on Sunday.
Axelsen outclassed Taiwan's Chou Tien-Chen in two straight games 21-13, 21-14. The summit clash lasted for about 46 minutes. Axelsen did not give any chance to world number two to make a comeback in the clash. This was Axelsen's maiden All England Open title.
Indian representation in the competition ended on Friday, ace shuttler PV Sindhu lost in the quarterfinal match by Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-12, 15-21, 13-21.
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After the men's final, Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying beat China's Chen Yu Fei to win the women's singles title at the 2020 All England Championships. This is the third time that the world no.2 has won the tournament which she and Chen (no. 1) have dominated since 2017.
In what was a match between the top two players in the world and lasted 44 minutes, Tai beat Chen 21-19, 21-15. "I am very familiar with Chen Yu Fei now because we have played each other many times and she is playing very well at the moment," said Tai after the match through a translator.
"She is a very stable player and I tend to make a lot of mistakes which puts me under a lot of pressure. So today I am very happy that I could control the rallies."
Asked about the support she gets at the Championships, Tai answered in English: "I really like to play in this environment, thanks to all for your support." She won her first All England title in 2017 and succesfully defended it in 2018. Chen then won the Championships last year.
