"All Denmark" Final Duel, Axelsen Wins French Open 2022

Viktor Axelsen (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Badminton world number one Viktor Axelsen emerged as the champion of the men's singles number of the French Open 2022 after winning the "All Denmark Final" match against Rasmus Gemke in the final round, Sunday Paris time.

Launching Antara, Monday, in a 43-minute match that took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Axelsen won the BWF Super 750 level tournament with two straight games 21-14, 21-15.

The title also paid for Axelsen's loss after losing to a tournament-level BWF Super 750 Denmark Open on October 18-23. As the host representative, Axelsen was stopped in the quarter-finals after being defeated by 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew from Singapore.

In Paris, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist beat his compatriot with a solid game that was hard to beat. Gemke had time to put up a fight at the beginning of the first game, but his efforts did not last long because he lost power.

The rivalry between the two players only lasted until the score was 3-3, and after that, it was fully dominated by points for Axelsen who advanced to a 13-3 lead.

Gemke's inability to overcome Axelsen happened again in the second game. The maximum effort made by the 16th-ranked badminton player was to equalize the score 7-7 through two consecutive points.

However, Axelsen, who likes to serve crosses that are difficult to reach, managed to overwhelm Gemke and be under pressure until the match was over.

Axelsen's victory over Gemke also extended the list of advantages in their meeting record to 4-0, including from the Denmark Open last 16 meeting two weeks ago which ended with Axelsen's victory in two straight games.

In addition to Axelsen's success, the Chinese badminton team came out as the overall champion of the 2022 French Open by winning two titles in the women's singles and mixed doubles.

Here are the results for the French Open 2022 final in Paris on Sunday:

Men's singles (All Denmark Final)

Viktor Axelsen vs Rasmus Gemke 21-14, 21-15

Women's doubles

Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia) vs Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (Japan) 21-19, 18-21, 21-15

Mixed doubles

Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China) vs Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek (Netherlands) 21-16, 14-21, 22-20

Men's singles

Carolin Marin (Spain) vs He Bing Jiao (China) 21-16, 9-21, 20-22

Men's doubles

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India) vs Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han (Taiwan) 21-13, 21-19