Denmark's Axelsen wins All England title before shutdown


Badminton - All England Open Badminton Championships - Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, Britain - March 15, 2020 Denmark's Viktor Axelsen celebrates with the trophy after winning the men's singles final match against Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

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.

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