LONDON (Reuters) - Viktor Axelsen became the first Dane to win the All England title for 21 years when he beat Taiwan's top seed Chou Tien-chen with ease in Birmingham on Sunday.
In the women's singles final Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying toppled world number one Chen Yufei to secure a hat-trick of titles at the event.The 26-year-old world number seven was dominant throughout to claim the title. The last Dane to win the prestigious event was Peter Gade in 1999.
The tournament continued despite pretty much all sporting action being curtailed in Britain and across the world because of coronavirus -- a decision criticised by Axelsen's compatriot Hans-Kristian Vittinghus who described it as"making no sense"."Hopefully this can help make badminton a more visible sport in this country," he added.
As of Monday the Badminton World Federation is suspending all tournaments until April 12 in light of the coronavirus pandemic -- meaning the Swiss Open, India Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open will not take place.
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