Axelsen’s exit gives younger shuttlers chance to hog limelight


KUALA LUMPUR: Expect a changing of the guard in the men’s singles starting at this week’s Indonesian Open.

This is what the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) coaching director Wong Choong Hann has predicted after former world champion Viktor Axelsen (pic)announced that he will be out indefinitely due to a leg injury.

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