(Reuters) - Viktor Axelsen blanked China's five-times winner Lin Dan 22-20 21-16 to become the third Danish man to win the world championship title and Japan's Nozomi Okuhara beat India's Pusarla Sindhu 21-19 20-22 22-20 in an epic women's final on Sunday. Axelsen, who emulated compatriots Peter Rasmussen and Flemming Delfs, was in disbelief after his power-packed show floored the 33-year-old great in Glasgow, Scotland. "It was a dream for me to win a world title," the 23-year-old said after the 54-minute match. In the women's doubles final, China's 20-year-old pair of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan outlasted Japan's Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. China's Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan defeated Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Rian Agung Saputro 21-10 21-17 to seal the men's doubles title.

Source: The Star August 27, 2017 19:07 UTC