Axelsen beats Chou to win men's singles title

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In the men's singles Final, Denmark's Viktor Axelsen bagged the title without much fuss.

Axelson won the first game comfortably 21-13 against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

However, Chou started the second game with positive intent and took a 4-1 lead. But, Axelsen clawed back to win the next three points to make it 4-4.

But, in no time the Dane ran away with the game to pocket the second game 21-10.

Axelsen had come into the tournament as the third seed and was always the favourite.

In a match lasting just over half-an-hour, the Dane proved his mettle against the seventh seed Chou.

In the men's doubles, fourth seeded Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya of Indonesia beat their compatriots Ricky Karandasuwardi and Angga Pratama 21-11, 21-15 to win the title.

Whereas, in the all-Japan clash women's doubles, Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto got the better of Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao 16-21, 21-19, 21-10.

The mixed doubles title went to lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of China after they beat their compatriots Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen 22-24, 21-14, 21-17. 

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