Former world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn upsets Ginting to set up final against Axelsen

NEW DELHI: Former world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand banked on his strong defence to counter the attacking style of Indonesia's Anthony Ginting to reach the men's singles final of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, here on Saturday.

The 21-year-old rarely made any unforced errors and managed to frustrate his Indonesian opponent in the 58-minutes encounter to win 27-25, 21-15 to reach his first Super 750 event final. He will take on top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, who defeated another Indonesian Jonatan Christie 21-6, 21-12.

The women's singles final would be a repeat of last week summit clash at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 event between top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and South Korea's An Se Young.

Two-time world champion Yamaguchi has been in fine form in the new year and Supanida, who had defeated India's PV Sindhu in the opening round, was no match to her Japanese opponent in the first semifinal.

Yamaguchi banked on bagging points in succession when under pressure to clinch the match 21-17, 21-16 against Supanida Katethong of Thailand.

An Se Young of Korea beat He Bing Jiao of China 11-21, 21-16, 21-16 in other semifinal. IANS