Olympic champion Axelsen advances to badminton Hong Kong Open final
HONG KONG, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Two-time Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark wasted six match points before beating Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to reach the final of the Hong Kong Open badminton championships on Saturday.
Second-seeded Axelsen took only 15 minutes to win the first set 21-9 and pulled ahead 20-13 in the second. However, Ginting stormed back to make it 20-19 and Axelsen, showing hi