TIL Desk Sports/ World champion Viktor Axelsen staved off a strong challenge from World No 5 Korean Son Wan Ho as Bengaluru Blasters blanked Mumbai Rockets 6-(-1) in the Premier Badminton League (PBL) in Lucknow on Monday.
The dominating run of Bengaluru Blasters took them to the top of the table with 11 points, while Mumbai Rockets sunk to the bottom with six points.
Playing the Trump match for the Blasters, World No 1 Axelsen dismantled Son 15-6, 15-13 to hand his team an unassailable 4-0 lead after three matches in the five-game contest at the BBD UPBA in Lucknow.
Mumbai then lost their Trump match played by Sameer Verma to go into the negative and also suffered defeat in the men’s doubles fifth match to cut a sorry figure.It was perfect platform for Axelsen as he came into the match with his side leading 2-0 after mixed doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and Kim Sa Rang and women’s singles player Kirsty Gilmour won their respective matches.
Axelsen sealed the match for Benguluru before Chong Wei Feng piled further misery on the struggling Mumbai side with a 9-15, 15-8, 15-6 win over Sameer Verma in the fourth match as the score read 5-(-1).
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