Momota eagerly awaits Axelsen clash in semis

Going all out: Viktor Axelsen of Denmark looks at the shuttlecock after a return by Son Wan-ho of South Korea during their men’s singles quarter-final match yesterday. — AFP

JAPAN'S Kento Momota looked on in envy when Viktor Axelsen won the world title in 2017.

“Then, I had just come out of my one-year ban. Before my ban, Viktor and I had a rivalry going on between us,” said the 23-year-old Momota.

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