Victor Axelsen wins 2023 Malaysian Open Badminton Title: Two- time World Champion Victor Axelson (Denmark) won the men’s singles title in the Malaysian Open Badminton Tournament 2023. The Danish ace won the second title in a row after defeating Naraoka of Japan 21-6, 21-15 in the final. While the winner of the Women’s singles title goes to the Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) . She won the title by defeating An-Se Young of South Korea.
Victor Axelsen wins 2023 Malaysian Open Badminton Title: Other Winners
- Here the list of other winners in the Malaysian Open Badminton Tournament 2023
| Categories | Winners |
| Men’s Singles title | Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) |
| Women’s Singles title | Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) |
| Men’s Doubles title | Fajar Alfian- Md. Rian Ardianto (Indonesia) |
| Women’s Doubles title | Zheng Siwei- Huang Yaqiong (China) |
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Key Points about BWF
- The Malaysian Open Badminton Tournament 2023 was held at the Axiata Arena inside the KL Sports City in Kuala Lumpur from 10 to 15 January 2023.
- The Malaysian Tournament 2023 also known as the Petronas Malaysia Open 2023 was the 1st tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour Super 1000 and was part of the Malaysian Open Tournament.
- The inaugural Tournament of BWF Badminton Tournament was played in 1937.
- The winner of the Men’s Singles title is Victor Axelson (Denmark). This is the first title of this year. He is the 1st player to have won every BWF World Tour 1000 title.
- The winner of the Women’s Singles title is Akane Yamaguchi (Japan). This was Japan’s 1st- ever Malaysian Open Women’s Singles title.
- Total Prize money of the Tournament was US$1,250,000 and the distribution was according to BWF regulations.
Additional Information
Foundation year of BWF – 5 July 1934
Headquarter – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
President – Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen (Denmark)