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No happy ending: Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in action against Finland’s Kale Koljonen in the men’s singles semi-final of the European Badminton Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. — AP

PETALING JAYA: It was not an ending that Viktor Axelsen had wanted at the European Championships but the Dane is ready to move on after testing positive for Covid-19 in Ukraine.

The top seed and defending champion had to withdraw just hours before the men’s singles final against compatriot Anders Antonsen after his second PCR test returned positive for Covid-19 in Kyiv on Sunday.

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