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BWF World Championships'18 LIVE: Chen- Viktor Delivered Nail-Biting match

By: Swetha Reddy
Date: 03 Aug, 2018
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The Chinese legend Chen Long avenged his loss  - from last season’s Semi Finals - against the World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the Quarter-Finals at the BWF World Championships 2018 in Nanjing, China.

 

Chen took almost one hour to oust the Dane in the straight sets with 21-19, 21-11.

 

Starting with an early lead of 4-0, the 29-year-old Chen with deceptions and accurate baseline judgements, mastered the rallies with all his experience over the 24-year-old to seal the first game.

 

In the second game, Chen never let Viktor to his reach and maintained the huge gap by the pinnacle point.

 

Previously, the third seed chinese Shi Yuqi entered Semi-Finals after losing the match of three sets in the round-of-eight against Chou Tien Chen of Taipei in the contest of 72 minutes.

 

The Chinese who could win the first game with the lead of 14-11, remained stranded as his opponent cruised with 7 points straight and the game.

 

In the second game, Shi improved with the points from 6-4 to 13-4, but Chou somehow managed to catch his opponent with the trail of 14-16.

 

Shi played a slothy game with the huge gap of points against the Taipei player. However, third seeded Shi changed the gear to level the score at 16-16, followed by winning three points straight.

 

Chou could pull off another point before succumbing to the Chinese.


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