Denmark, August 23-Victor Azelsen, the world's number 1 badminton player from Denmark, has qualified for the third round of the Badminton World Championships 2023, along with Ratchanok Inthanon and Kulwut Witidsant.

Badminton World Championships 2023 in Copenhagen Denmark, day 2, men's singles, second round, Victor Azelsen, world number 1, gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Games and former two-time world champion from Denmark meets Christo Popop, world number 31 from France. This Aselsen is much superior, winning 2 games in a row 21-6 and 21-8, reaching the third round to meet Zhou Tian Chen, the world's 10th hand from Taiwan.

World No. 3 and former runner-up, Yor Coelho of Brazil, won 2-0, 21-9, 21-2 between third-ranked Kunwut Witidsant. 18 qualified for the final 16 to meet Lakshya Sen, the world's number 11 from India.

Women's singles, 2nd round, Nozomi Okuhara, former world champion 2017 and bronze medalist Olympic Games 2016 Rio Games from Japan met P.V. Sindhu, world number 15 and Tokyo Games 2020 bronze medal from India. In this game, Okuhara took 44 minutes to win 2 games in a row 21-14 in both games.

Okuhara will go into the third round to meet "May" Ratchanok Inthanon, world number 7, who defeated Su Wen Qi, number 20 from Taiwan 2-0 games 21-19 and 21-19, An Se Young, number 1 of World and Tokyo Games bronze medal 2020 from South Korea meets World No. 35 Goh Jin Wei from Malaysia. In this game, a 21-year-old female badminton player from South Korea won 2 grades 21-12 and 21-14, entering the third round to meet Zhang Bai Wen, the world's top 10 from the United States.- Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency