On the 16th local time, Danish star Viktor Axelsen defeated Singapore's Zheng Jiaheng at 21:11 and 21:14 in the men's singles round of 16 of the Super 750 Series 2025 India Open Badminton Championships.

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen

Axelsen was unfavourable in the first match of 2025, beating Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu, ranked 21st in the world, 17-21, 13-21, to upset the first round of the Super 1000 Series Malaysia Open Badminton Championships. On the 15th, the Dragon King also spent a lot of hands and feet to retreat from China's Taiwan, good hand Qi Youren, at 16:21, 21:11, and 21:13.

However, facing Zheng Jiaheng, who is ranked 35th in the world, Axelsen's condition improved a lot, and he scored 6 points in the opening game to give his opponent a disadvantage, and he also took the lead by a huge difference. Zheng Jiaheng tried to resist the Dragon King in the second game and not only entered the technical timeout at 11:9, but also had a 3-point lead at most, but Axelsen scored 6 points in a row at 9:12, and only gave Zheng Jiaheng another 2 points, and the Dragon King took 40 minutes to accept the victory.

2021 World Championships champion Luo Jianyou defeated Japan's first brother Kodai Naraoka at 21:17, 21:15 on the 16th. On the 17th, Axelsen and Luo Jianyou will stage their 12th duel in India, and Axelsen has won 9 wins and 2 defeats in the first 11 moves, and has won the last 5 meetings.