Viktor Axelsen captured his sixth title of the season with a three-game victory over Loh Kean Yew in the Indonesia Open men's singles final.
Axelsen won 21-13, 9-21, 21-13 in 59 minutes, a victory that was rather comfortable despite a brilliant second game from his in-form Singaporean opponent.
The world number two appeared in nine finals, coming out victorious most of the time.
He started the season off with back-to-back titles at both Thailand Open tournaments, before going on to win the Swiss Open and the Tokyo Olympics.
The Denmark Open title followed suit in October with a victory over Kento Momota in the final.
Loh Kean Yew ?? goes up against Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen ?? in the last match of the Indonesia Open 2021.#BWFWorldTour #IndonesiaOpen2021 pic.twitter.com/J37q7IE4Vp
— BWF (@bwfmedia) November 28, 2021
In the men’s doubles, Indonesia’s homesters Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo-Marcus Fernaldi Gideon extracted revenge over Japan’s Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi 21-14, 21-18 to make up for the final loss at the Indonesian Masters against the same opponents.
In the women’s singles, South Korea’s An Se-young won in straight games 21-17, 22-20 against second seeded Ratchanok Intanon.
Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida came out tops in their duel against Greysia Polli-Apriyani Rahayu 21-19, 21-19 to win the women’s doubles.
In the mixed doubles, top seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerratanachai claimed an easy 21-12, 21-13 win against Japan’s Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino.