World Tour Finals: Axelsen and Antonsen to contest in the final clash

In the men’s singles category the semi finalists were Anders Antonsen, Chou Tien Chen, Viktor Axelsen, Wang Tzu Wei.

Anders Antonsen took the first game in 27 minutes 21-18. It was a surprise for Wang Tzu Wei to see Antonsen go aggressive and attack, unlike yesterday’s group stage game. Wang Tzu had won the match 21-11, 21-19 at much ease. Today he visibly looked bewildered and frustrated in the first half of the first game. He then gradually found his rhythm and started reacting better and play decisive shots. However, the Dane had taken the lead and taken the first game.

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At the change of ends, Wang Tzu Wei upped his game. His defence and attack were a notch higher. Many errors came from Antonsesn too. Wan took a lead of 18-11 and soon wrapped up the game 21-14.

The third game was very close until the mid-game interval. The rallies got longer and both players exploited every corner of the court. Antonsen started controlling his shots better than his opponent and took the match 21-18, 14-21, 21-16.

Chou tien Viktor axelsen — **Viktor Axelsen faces Chou Tien Chen**

Viktor Axelsen kept up his unbeaten streak. He played Chou Tien Chen on a second consecutive day, after having beaten him yesterday in the third match of the group stage. Axelsen has always been the better player between the two having beaten Chou 12 times of their 14 meetings. Today’s game was similar. Chou Workedhar in the first game until 15-15. Further on, Axelsen went all out on the attack and won the game 21-16. The second game was a complete domination by the tall Dane. Rallies were long but Chou was mostly only able to react to Axelsen’s brutal assaults with his shots. The second game went Axelsen’s way 21-19.

The Asian leg has been extremely good for the Danish Men. Axelsen has already won the Yonex and Toyota Thailand Open. In Toyota Thailand Open three of the semi-finalists were Danes. Vittinghus had finished runner up in the second week. In the third week, the World Tour Finals, it is an all Danish men’s singles final.

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