Axelsen’s Thumbs-Up for Dubai Stint
World No.6 Viktor Axelsen backed the idea of professional players setting up their independent training bases, calling it “healthy” for the sport.
· DEV SUKUMAR
Axelsen is one of the few top players to have experimented working outside of his national training centre – albeit temporarily – when he set up a training base in Dubai for a few weeks earlier this year.
The move to Dubai in June was to alleviate his asthma which had flared up in Denmark. He invited two young Danish players from Skovshoved to train with him at NAS Sports Complex. The shift to Dubai, he said at the time, had alleviated his condition and helped him train at a high intensity.
Although he said he was now back with the Danish national centre in Copenhagen, Axelsen indicated the stint in Dubai had worked in his favour.