Thailand’s rising star Kunlavut Witidsarn on Sunday won the India Open by defeating world No. 1 ranked player Viktor Axelsen. In the women’s singles, 20-year-old An Se-young of South Korea avenged her loss in the Malaysia Open final last week by defeating world number one Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in New Delhi.

Vitidsarn wins first final against Viktor in 6 times
Kunlavut Witidsarn, 21, won the men’s singles for the first time in six attempts, defeating the world number one. He won the final 22-20, 10-21, 21-12 in three sets on Sunday.

Learning to win from last defeat – Vitidsarn
World number eight player Kunlavut Witidsarn defeated Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the semi-finals. In the final, he defeated Axelsen in long games to every point. Witidson said after the match that, from my previous loss against Victor, I learned that I could entangle Victor by playing the long game for every point, and I did.

Ann Se Young defeats Akane Yamaguchi in Women’s Singles final
In the Women’s Singles, An Se Young of South Korea defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a three set match. Yamaguchi easily won the first set 15-21. In the second set, An Se Young came back and won the second set 21-16. In the last set, Ann Se Young played a brilliant game and won 21-12.

Walkover in two finals due to stomach problem
China’s women’s doubles and mixed doubles players gave a walkover in the doubles final due to illness. Due to this, Japan’s World No. 3 pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino won the mixed doubles match at the India Open.

It was a similar story in the women’s doubles as the Chinese pair of Qingchen and Jia Yifan gave a walkover in their final as Qingchen was also suffering from diarrhoea. As a result, the Japanese pair Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida won the title.