South Korea’s An Se-Young and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen entered their second consecutive India Open Badminton 2025 final at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.
The two-time Olympic champion came from a game behind to defeat Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 17-21, 21-14, 21-15 to win the semi-finals.
He will face Hong Kong China’s Lee Cheuk Yiu, who defeated Weng Hong Yang 13-21, 21-10, 21-16 in the other semi-finals, in the final.
World No.1 Se-Young defeated Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-19, 21-16 in the 43-minute semi-finals to enter the BWF 750 tournament event summit clash.
Having clinched her first triumph at Malaysia Open 2025, the South Korean will be aiming for a second consecutive title victory in a span of two weeks.
India’s challenge at the home event, however, ended with the top ranked men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty losing in straight games 21-18, 21-14 to Malaysian pair of Sze Fei Goh and Nur Izzuddin.
This is their second consecutive semi-final exit in 2025 after the Malaysian Open 2025.
“I think we should have closed down in the first game but credit to them they were really good in the service situations, which we didn’t really expect because probably we didn’t prepare for it.
Having said that, we should have been a little more calm. We didn’t really expect so many flicks going into the game, especially from 15-12 up in the first game,” Chirag admitted after the match.
“We started pretty well but compared to the previous matches, the shuttle today was very fast, whoever controlled it better got the points and they did it much better. If the shuttle had been a little slow, maybe we could have opened up and played a bit of a rally game.
“But they were quite good, they were getting 2-3 points quickly in 30 seconds. We could have broken their rhythm, we had prepared but they were quite good, it was their day. We had chances in the 2nd game as well but we chose the wrong strokes in the end,” Rankireddy added.
The Malaysians will face South Korea’s Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae, who upset 5th seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia 22-20, 21-19, in the final.
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