All England Open Badminton Championships 2022 finals: Axelsen and Yamaguchi triumph on big day too for Indonesian men's doubles - How it happened

Here's what happened in Sunday's five finals at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2022, scroll down to find out what happened on a remarkable day of action.

Viktor Axelsen downs Lakshya Sen to win the men's singles final

Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen has overpowered India's Lakshya Sen to win the All England Open men's singles title 21-10, 21-15 in 53 minutes.

Axelsen didn't drop a single game on his way to victory here in Birmingham and in his fourth consecutive final he dominated the unseeded Sen.

It's his second All England title following his 2020 triumph.

Axelsen stormed into a six-love lead at the start of the first game and when Sen finally got on the board there was a huge cheer from a crowd packed with Indian fans.

Sen focussed on defence and tried to tire the big Dane but these two know each other from Axelsen's Dubai camp and the Danish shuttler came up the right plan:

To attack Sen and use his superior power.

Taking the first game 21-10, Axelsen was six points up in the second despite clearly tiring from the long rallies that went to 60 and 70 shots.

In the end Axelsen held on against the 20-year-old Sen who has many finals ahead of him if he continues to play the way he has this weekend.

Watanabe Yuta / Higashino Arisa defeat Wang Yi Lyu / Huang Dong Ping - Mixed doubles final

Watanabe Yuta / Higashino Arisa outplay Olympic champs Wang Yi Lyu / Huang Dong Ping to defend their All England title.

Watanabe/Higashino won 21-19, 21-19 in 58 minutes.

In a gripping duel between the reigning Olympic champs and the Tokyo bronze medallists we saw two teams at the top of their game: Long rallies, every point contested fiercely and badminton at its best.

Watanabe played his usual attacking game while Higashino was brilliant at the net.

Higashino and Watanabe rallied to win game one 21-18 and just when Wang and Huang looked to have game two under control the Japanese duo came back from four points down at 10-14 with four straight points, then clinched it at the end.

Matsuyama Nami / Shida Chiharu triumph in women's doubles final

Japan's Matsuyama Nami / Shida Chiharu defeat Zhang Shu Xian / Zheng Yu of China 21-13, 21-9 to claim the women's doubles title in just over 40 minutes.

The Japanese duo were superior throughout against a newly-formed Chinese pair.

Zhang/Zheng came from 1-8 down to 12-14 in the first but Matsuyama/Shida took over and closed it out 21-13.

There was a pause when Zheng Yu took a shuttle to the eye area from close range, but she was ok to continue.

In the end there was simply no stopping this Japanese juggernaut, it's a second Super 1000 title in a second Super 1000 final following their 2021 Indonesia Open victory.

Fikri / Maulana win All-Indonesia men's doubles final!

Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Bagas Maulana have beaten Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan 21-19, 21-13 in 36 minutes in an all-Indonesian men's doubles final.

Youth won out over experience in a changing of the guard this weekend as Fikri/Maulana - who are 22 and 23 - defeated World No.1 pairing Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo yesterday and vets Ahsan/Setiawan today.

With a blinding-fast defence and big smashes from Maulana, they blitzed the Ahsan/Setiawan and after winning game one, scored seven straight points to go from 4-8 down to 11-8 up in Game 2.

There was trouble for Ahsan who got his calf muscle sprayed, clearly carrying an injury and there was an air of inevitability as Fikri/Maulana saw out game two, the better pair all round.

Unseeded at their debut tournament, this young duo have made an incredible opening statement.

Yamaguchi Akane defeats An Seyoung in the women's singles final

Japan's Yamaguchi Akane is All England women's singles champion after a 21-15, 21-15 victory over South Korea's An Seyoung in 43 minutes.

The Japanese shuttler brought her incredible form into the final, and won the first game 21-15 in 19 minutes - she had five game points but only needed one.

An became the first from her nation to make the final in 26 years playing some lovely badminton, particularly close to the net, but with Yamaguchi in this kind of form very few shuttlers can live with her.

This was a next-gen battle between Yamaguchi (24) and An (20), and a superb battle unfolded.

Game two had some jawdropping exchanges, Yamaguchi working through her register from sublime drop-shots to big accurate jump-smashes, also showcasing that dynamic defence by making some impossible returns.

An did some very impressive work at the net too, winning five straight points and a revival looked on the cards briefly before Yamaguchi put it away with another glorious drop-shot to finish.

It's the 2021 world champion's 18th career title, a ninth tour title and a third Super 1000 title with so much more yet to come.

All England Open Badminton Championships 2022 - Day 5 preview

Five titles will be decided today at the All England Open 2022 and after a dramatic day of badminton yesterday more excitement awaits today.

Some of the biggest names in badminton have made it to the finals in the first BWF Super 1000 event of badminton's 2022 BWF World Tour, and the Arena Birmingham in England is ready for the finals.

The women's final is between South Korea's An Seyoung and Japan's Yamaguchi Akane.

An stunned World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying yesterday in straight games while Yamaguchi saw off reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei.

In the men's final Indian rising star Lakshya Sen will take on reigning men's Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.

Sen outlasted Lee Zii Jia in a three-set thriller yesterday while the Dane needed 47 minutes to beat Chou Tien Chen and book his spot in the men's singles final.

And young exciting Indonesian men's pair Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Bagas Maulana will play the experienced Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in an all-Indonesian men's doubles final.

Fikri / Maulana defeated World No.1 pairing Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the semi-finals, while Ahsan / Setiawan beat China's He Ji Ting and Tan Qiang 21-16, 15-21, 21-13.

The women's doubles will be contested between Japan's seventh seeds Matsuyama Nami / Shida Chiharu and Zhang Shu Xian / Zheng Yu of China.

While the mixed doubles title will be decided by Olympic bronze medallistts Watanabe Yuta / Higashino Arisa and Chinese pair Wang Yi Lyu /Huang Dong Ping, who repeated their Olympic final triumph over Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong in an exciting semi-final.

We've got a full preview here of who to watch and how the players are looking ahead of this first top event of the season.

All England Open Badminton Championships 2022 - Day 5 schedule

Play starts at 12:00PM GMT (CET+1)

Womens's singles final: An Seyoung (KOR) - Yamaguchi Akane (JAP)

Men's doubles final: Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Bagas Maulana (INA) - Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (INA)

Women's doubles final: Matsuyama Nami / Shida Chiharu (JAP) and Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu (CHI)

Mixed doubles final: Watanabe Yuta / Higashino Arisa (JAP) - Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping (CHI)

Men's singles final: Viktor Axelsen (DEN) - Lakshya Sen (IND)