On August 4, Beijing time, the badminton competition of the Paris Olympics is underway. The men's singles semi-finals are underway, and in the just-concluded match, Thailand's world champion Kunlavut won two games in a row to defeat Malaysia's Lee Zi Jia 2-0 on aggregate to advance to the men's singles final. Teenager Kunlavut is really in good form, and in the last round, he defeated the men's singles top seed Shi Yuqi.
Next, in the other men's singles semi-final, Denmark's Viktor Axelsen faced India's Lakshya. Axelsen's strength is obvious to all, there is no doubt that he has always been at the top level, he is also the Tokyo Olympics men's singles champion, and now Axelsen is ranked second in the world, second only to Shi Yuqi, Lakshya is ranked 22nd in the world, but he is also the winner of the Tang Cup, the two sides have played each other 8 times before, Axelsen 7-1.
In the first game, the teenager Lakshya entered the state very quickly, played very actively at the beginning, led the score all the way into the technical timeout, after the pause, Axelsen still made more mistakes, Lakshya played very patiently, worthy of being the leader of the post-00s, Lakshya took the lead in getting the game point at 20:17, but I didn't expect the next game to turn around, Axelsen played a wave of scoring climaxes, scored five points in a row, and won the first game with a 22:20 reversal.
In the second game, Lakshya still led at the beginning, leading 7:0. But then, Axelsen played steadily and caught up with the score, and Axelsen chased it to 6:8. The teenager Lakshya is still a little unstable, and it is a pity that he was reversed by Axelsen in the first game with three game points in hand.
Axelsen tied the score at 10-10, and then Lakshya withstood the pressure and took an 11-10 lead to enter the technical timeout. The two sides fell into a fierce battle, the fight was inseparable, and the score also rose alternately. In the second half, Axelsen began to exert his strength, and the teenager Lakshya gradually couldn't keep up with Axelsen's rhythm and pace, playing a little chaotic, his own mistakes increased, and Axelsen opened the score gap at 14:12.
In the end, Axelsen sealed the victory 21:14 and lost two straight games to defeat India's world champion Lakshya 2-0 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the men's singles final. In this case, the men's singles final of the Paris Olympics is released, and Axelsen will face Thailand's Kunlavut, who has defeated Axelsen, so it is worth looking forward to whether he can successfully defend his title. National feather men's singles Li Shifeng and Shi Yuqi were eliminated early and unfortunately missed the podium.