Indonesia Open: Axelsen, Okuhara Return
World No.1 Viktor Axelsen, who retired with a left hamstring strain at the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals in May, returns to action with the KAPAL API GROUP Indonesia Open 2023 after missing the last three…
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World No.1 Viktor Axelsen, who retired with a left hamstring strain at the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals in May, returns to action with the KAPAL API GROUP Indonesia Open 2023 after missing the last three HSBC BWF World Tour events.
Axelsen will attempt to become the first men’s singles player since Lee Chong Wei in 2011 to win a hat-trick of Indonesia Open titles. The Dane has an interesting first round opponent lined up – Weng Hong Yang, runner-up at the PERODUA Malaysia Masters just over a fortnight ago.
Another star returning to action after months away from competition will be Nozomi Okuhara, whose last event was the YONEX Swiss Open in March. Okuhara hasn’t made it past the first round in four of her five events this year, and will be hoping to break that bleak spell when she takes on Yeo Jia Min in the first round.