Carolina Marin of Spain returns the shuttlecock during the women's singles semifinal against Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
LONDON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has secured the men's singles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships as Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie both won the semifinals on Saturday.
Ginting, who toppled world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the quarterfinals on Friday, came from behind to beat Frenchman Christo Popov 19-21, 21-5 and 21-11.
Christie, who used to share a room with Ginting for six or seven years in their national team, also fought until the deciding set to see off India's Lakshya Sen 21-12, 10-21 and 21-15.
In the women's singles, Japanese ace Akane Yamaguchi set up a final clash against Spaniard Carolina Marin as the 2022 All-England champion defeated world No. 1 and defending champion An Se-young of South Korea 21-10, 19-21 and 21-14.
Marin, 30, will play her first All-England final in nine years after she beat third seed Tai Tzu-ying from Chinese Taipei 21-13 and 21-12. ■
Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates after the women's singles semifinal against Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Carolina Marin of Spain returns the shuttlecock during the women's singles semifinal against Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei returns the shuttlecock during the women's singles semifinal against Carolina Marin of Spain at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Carolina Marin (bottom) of Spain clelebrates after the women's singles semifinal against Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 16, 2024 shows a view of women's singles semifinal between Carolina Marin of Spain and Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain. (Xinhua)
Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei serves during the women's singles semifinal against Carolina Marin of Spain at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Carolina Marin of Spain returns the shuttlecock during the women's singles semifinal against Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei at All England Open Badminton Championships 2024 in Birmingham, Britain, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
