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Patna : Second seed & reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen, 27, Denmark, hammered World No 16 B Sai Praneeth, 29, India, in straight games in quarter-finals on November 26, 2021, to enter semi-finals of SimInvest Indonesia Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 badminton tournament, at Bali, Indonesia. Axelsen will face 6th seed Jonatan Christie, 24, Indonesia, in semi-final on November 27, 2021.
Axelsen, the 2017 World Champion, crushed Praneeth in straight games 21-12, 21-8 in 36 minutes in quarter-finals on November 26, 2021. Axelsen won 42 points during the match to just 20 points by Praneeth. The Dane won 7 consecutive points in the match to 3 by Praneeth.
Reigning Asian Games Champion Jonatan Christie reached the semi-final on walkover as his quarter-finals opponent and 3rd seed Anderson Antonsen retired before the match.