The 2023 European Badminton Team Competition has come to an end. In the final final, the Danish team won the championship with a 3-2 victory over France in five hard-fought games. The first match of this team final is the men's singles. The world's No. 1 Axelsen played for the Danish team, while Popov played for the French team. From any aspect of comparison, this is a game without any suspense. In the men's singles duel, however, the match was extremely intense, and quite exciting! The players were furious, the rackets were broken, the audience booed wildly, the huge controversy of the key ball, the incredible reversal, in short, the audience feasted their eyes!
This men's singles contest is full of topics. As the side generally favored by the outside world, the Olympic champion Axelsen made continuous mistakes in the first two rounds. The racket in his hand hit the ground, the racket shaft was directly broken, and the head of the racket was even deformed. Obviously, Axelsen was very dissatisfied with his performance in the first half of the game. He got angry at himself and his mentality was close to collapse.
Axelsen’s move is very disrespectful, and the fans at the scene are basically French (the game is held in France), and the Danish team led by Axelsen just happened to be the host French team’s championship in this final The opponent, therefore, after Ansailong broke the racket in a rage, the audience booed Ansailong wildly! In fact, from the beginning of the game, Axelsen was competing with the French audience at home, complaining to the referee many times that the noise of the audience at home was too loud, which interfered with his batting. in a passive position. What about
opponent Popov? Of course, it is the opposite of Axelsen. Amidst the cheers of the home fans, Popov is on the rise, and the more he fights, the more courageous he is. The frequent jumps in the backcourt are quite exciting! Ansailong looked very embarrassed. At the end of the first game, Ansailong lost 5 points and collapsed, losing the first game. In the second game, Popov was still brave, leading 17-10, and victory was in sight.
Unexpectedly, Axelsen broke out in desperation, chasing 6 points in a row, and saved the match point in the second game, winning 22-20 and completing an incredible reversal from 10-17 to 22-20. You know, From the point of view of momentum, Axelsen had no signs of making a comeback before. Of course, the huge controversy was also born in the last ball of the second game. After Axelsen overtook the score 21-20, Axelsen served a serve, but Popov did not receive it. The referee decided that it was in bounds, although Popov He continued to appeal, but in the end, the sentence was not changed.
scored with this controversial ball. Axelsen not only won the second game to tie the total points, but also completely reversed the situation of this men's singles match. In the deciding game, Popov had no fighting spirit at all. The loss in the last game was a blow to his morale too much. Axelsen easily won the deciding game and reversed Popov 2-1, winning the team for the Danish team. The first point of the final. After the game, the process was still ups and downs. After winning the second women's singles, the Danish team took a 2-0 lead, and the French team chased the game to 2-2 and dragged the game into the decisive game. Moreover, the French team is still winning. The Danish team won the first game first, and the Danish team once again broke out in desperation and pulled two games in a row to win the decisive game with a 2-1 reversal, thus winning the championship with a big score of 3-2.
