Axelsen Reaches Japan Open Badminton Final Faces Lee

Viktor Axelsen overpowered South Korea's Son Wan-Ho in a 21-16, 21-16 win

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen defeated world number one Son Wan-Ho in the men's singles semi-finals at the Japan Open on Saturday.

Axelsen, who beat two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China to clinch the world title in Glasgow last month, overpowered South Korea's Son in a 21-16, 21-16 win.

He now faces Malaysian Lee Chong Wei who has won the Japan Open six times. Lee booked a spot in the final after a 21-19, 21-8 win over China's Shi Yuqi.

In the women's singles, Spain's Carolina Marin, Olympic gold medallist last year, reached the final as Japan's Nozomi Okuhara dropped out from the semi-finals due to knee trouble.

Marin faces China's He Bingjiao who beat Chen Yufei 21-14, 25-23.

Okuhara, newly crowned women's world champion, was aiming to reclaim the trophy on home soil after winning it in 2015.

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"I did my best (to recover) but this morning, I wasn't in the condition to play," Okuhara, 22, told reporters, according to Sankei Sports.

"I was ready for a battle mentally but my body was telling me I couldn't," she said in tears.