Axelsen beats Lee to enter Yonex All England Open Final

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Patna : Second seed & 2017 World Champion Viktor Axelsen, 26, Denmark, edged past World No 13 Lee Zii Jia, 21, Malaysia, in a three-game thriller in semi-finals at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, to enter the final of Yonex All England Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour 1,000 Badminton Tournament, on March 14, 2020, evening. Axelsen will face top seed Chou Tien Chen, 30, Taiwan, in final on March 15, 2020.

World NO 7 Viktor Axelsen beat Lee Zii Jia 17-21, 21-13, 21-19 in 73 minutes in semi-finals battling back from one game down. Axelsen won 59 rallies in the match to 53 by Lee. The Dane won 5 consecutive points in the match to 6 by the Malaysian. Axelsen now leads Lee 2-1 Head to Head. Axelsen had lost to World No 1 Kento Momota, Japan, in 2019 All England Open Final.