Taiwan’s Lin Chun-yi on Wednesday inflicted a first-round defeat on former badminton world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen at the All England Open.

Dane Viktor Axelsen’s quest for a third All England title ended on Wednesday as he lost 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 to Taiwan’s Lin Chun-Yi in a big first-round upset on Wednesday.

Dane Viktor Axelsen was unexpectedly defeated in the first round of the All England Badminton Championships, losing to Taiwan's Lin Chun-Yi. Axelsen announced he would take a break from the sport.

Former badminton world number one Viktor Axelsen suffered a shock first-round defeat to Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-yi at the ...

Former world number one Viktor Axelsen faced an unexpected first-round defeat against Taiwan's Lin Chun-yi at the All England Open. While Axelsen mana ...

The two-time Olympic Games champion had come in as favourite after winning his first German Open title two weeks ago but he could not contain a spirited Lin Chun-yi of Taiwan, who fought brilliantly ...

Dane Viktor Axelsen's quest for a third All England title ended on Wednesday as he lost 21-19 13-21 21-11 to Taiwan's Lin ...

Photo from Chun-Fu Lin via Lin, Chang, Matsui, Shen, Tominaga and Lin (2025) In a wetland of central Taiwan, a “slender” creature poked its “triangular” head out of a mud nest and made an ...

The match began with Lin Chun-Yi displaying his trademark attacking game, forcing Shetty on the back foot from the opening exchanges. The Chinese Taipei shuttler capitalized on Shetty’s slow ...

Axelsen was magnanimous in defeat as he lost 19-21 21-13 21-11 to Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei. Lin claimed his first-ever win over the two-time men’s singles champions, triumphing in a ...