All England Open 2023 Badminton: All results and scores, complete list - day one, 14 March 2023
Viktor Axelsen came from behind to win after former world champions Okuhara Nozomi, Ratchanok Intanon and Loh Kean Yew fell on day one of the All England Open in Birmingham. Get all results and updates from all rounds.
Badminton
Play has been completed on day one of the 2023 All England Open with the top badminton players from across the globe gathered in Birmingham, England, UK.
First held in 1899, this is the 114th edition of the world's oldest badminton tournament which is now one of four BWF World Tour Super 1000 events.
Reigning men's world and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen survived an almighty scare in his opening match on Tuesday (14 March) against an inspired Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong, China.
No defending men's singles All England champion has ever gone out in the first round, and the world number one looked in danger of making unwanted history as he dropped the first game.
Lee led 8-2 and 11-4 at the interval before eventually taking it 21-19. But the Dane won the second 21-15 - including an incredible net shot for 19-14 - to take the match into a decider.
And after the 26-year-old underdog had hauled himself level from 4-0 down, Axelsen asserted his superiority before sealing victory 19-21, 21-15, 21-11 in a highly entertaining 60 minutes.
Singapore's eighth seed and 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew was an early casualty, going out 21-16, 16-21, 21-7 to Zhao Junpeng of the People's Republic of China.
Fifth seed Chou Tien-chen was another man to exit on the opening day, falling 21-18, 21-19 to India's 2022 All England runner-up Lakshya Sen.
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist and 2019 All England champion Chen Yufei was made to work in her opener in the women's singles, beating Canada's Michelle Li 22-20, 21-14.
But two-time winner Okuhara Nozomi crashed out to Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.
With strapping on her right calf, Japan's 2017 world champion clearly struggled with Chochuwong winning 21-11, 21-15 to avenge her defeat in the 2021 All England final.
The 2013 world champion Ratchanok Intanon also fell at the first hurdle, going down 21-16, 21-17 to fellow Thai Lalinrat Chaiwan.
Scroll down for all the results from day one inside Birmingham's Utilita Arena.
All England Open 2023 - Day One Results
Men's singles (round of 32)
Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) lost to HS Prannoy (IND) 19-20, 20-22.
8-Loh Kean Yew (SGP) lost to Zhao Junpeng (CHN) 16-21, 21-16, 7-21.
3-Anthony Ginting (INA) def. Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA) 21-17, 21-19.
5-Chou Tien-chen (TPE) lost to Lakshya Sen (IND) 18-21, 19-21.
Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA) lost to Ng Tze Yong (MAS) 9-21, 12-21.
Anders Antonsen (DEN) def. Rasmus Genke (DEN) 21-16, 21-18.
1-Viktor Axelsen (DEN) def. Lee Cheuk Yiu (HKG) 19-21, 21-15, 21-11.
Women's singles (round of 32)
4-Chen Yufei (CHN) def. Michelle Li (CAN) 22-20, 21-14.
Okuhara Nozomi (JPN) lost to Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA) 11-21, 15-21.
6-Wang Zhiyi (CHN) def. Kawakami Saena (JPN) 23-21, 21-11.
8-Ratchanok Intanon (THA) lost to Lalinrat Chaiwan (THA) 16-21, 17-21.
Yvonne Li (GER) def. Goh Jin Wei (MAS) 12-21, 22-20, 13-12 ret.
Han Yue (CHN) def. Yeo Jia Min (SGP) 21-10, 21-7.
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA) def. Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN) 15-21, 21-12, 22-20.
Men's doubles (round of 32)
Kim Gi-jung/Kim Sa-rang (KOR) lost to Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana (INA) 15-21, 21-13, 16-21.
Lee Jhe-huei/Yang Po-hsuan (TPE) def. Christo Popov/Toma Junior Popov (FRA) 20-22, 21-17, 21-13.
8-Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi (MAS) def. Lee Yang/Wang Chi-lin (TPE) 12-21, 21-16, 21-18.
4-Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo (JPN) def. Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori (JPN) 21-12, 21-14.
7-Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen (DEN) def. Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel (GER) 18-21, 21-14, 21-17.
He Jiting/Zhou Haodong (CHN) def. Le Ching Yao/Yang Po Han (TPE) 21-10, 21-12.
Women's doubles (round of 32)
6-Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong (KOR) def. Linda Efler/Isabel Lohau (GER) 21-11, 21-3.
Srivedya Gurazada/Ishika Jaiswal (USA) lost to Chloe Birch/Lauren Smith (ENG) 9-21, 18-21.
Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun (TPE) def. Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva (BUL) 21-19, 21-16.
5-Pearly Tan/Muralitharan Thinaah (MAS) lost to Matsumoto Maya/Nagahara Wakana (JPN) 13-21, 21-15, 15-21.
Debora Jille/Cheryl Seinen (NED) lost to Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen (DEN) 18-21, 23-21, 16-21.
1-Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (CHN) def. Iwanaga Rin/Nakanishi Kie (JPN) 21-11, 21-13.
3-Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu (CHN) def. Hirokami Rui/Kato Yuna (JPN) 21-11, 21-12.
Margot Lambert/Anne Tran (FRA) def. Vivian Hoo/Lim Chiew Sien (MAS) 21-19, 18-21, 21-15.
Mixed doubles (round of 32)
Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (MAS) lost to Kaneko Yuki/Matsutomo Misaki (JPN) 19-21, 24-22, 17-21.
Midorikawa Hidori/Saito Natsu (JPN) lost to Lee Chun Hei Reginald/Ng Tsz Yau (HKG) 20-22, 21-18, 24-26.
6-Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (MAS) def. Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (INA) 21-19, 21-18.
1-Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (CHN) def. Mathias Thyrri/Amalie Magelund (DEN) 21-9, 21-15.
4-Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (FRA) def. Ko Sung-hyun/Eom Hye-won (KOR) 21-19, 21-15.
Jones Ralfy Jansen/Linda Efler (GER) lost to Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati (INA) 19-21, 16-21.
Yamashita Kyohei/Shinoya Naru (JPN) def. Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (ENG) 21-16, 21-17.