Badminton BWF World Championships 2022: Day 6 preview, order of play, how to watch semi-finals - Saturday 27 August

We're all set for the semi-finals at badminton's BWF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, 27 August 2022.

In men's singles, Danish Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen is clear favourite for the title after overcoming Anthony Ginting. The Dane will face Chou Tien Chen for a final spot.

Thai shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn will play China's Zhao Jun Peng in the other semi.

Women's singles sees No. 1 seed Yamaguchi Akane overcame Rio 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain on Friday. She'll face An Se Young for the right to meet either Chen Yu Fei or Tai Tzu Ying in the final.

Full order of play details including doubles matches can be found below.

Day 6 order of play – BWF World Championships 2022 – Saturday 27 August

Legend: MS – men's singles; WS – women's singles; MD – men's doubles; WD – women's doubles; XD – mixed doubles

Court 1:

• Match 1: MD – Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Ardianto (Indonesia) Vs Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)

• Match 2: WD - Chen Quin Chen / Jia Yi Fan (China) Vs Matsumoto Mayu / Nagahara Wanaka (Japan)

• Match 3: MD - Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia) Vs S Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (India)

• Match 4: WD - Kim So Yeong / Kong Hee Yong (Korea) Vs Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)

• Match 5: MS – Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) Vs Zhao Jun Peng (China).

• Match 6: MS – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Vs Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)

• Match 7: XD - Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (Japan) Vs Mark Lamsfuss / Isabel Lohau (Germany)

• Match 8: WS - Chen Yu Fei (China) Vs Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)

• Match 9: XD - Zheng Si Wei / Huang Ya Qiong (China) Vs Wang Yi Lyu / Huang Dong Ping (China)

• Match 10: WS – Yamaguchi Akane (Japan) Vs An Se Young (Korea)

We'll have live updates throughout the weekend's matches on Olympics.com and the @Olympics app.

The full order of play and results can be found here.

How to watch the action at the BWF World Championships 2022

The tournament will be broadcast by various television and digital live streaming rights holders across the different countries and territories around the world.

Europe

• Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia: ArenaSport
• Czech Republic: Ceska televise
• Denmark: TV2
• France: La Chaine L'Équipe
• Germany: SportDeutschland.TV
• Hungary: MTVA
• Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
• Poland: Polsat Sport
• Slovakia: JOJ Sport
• United Kingdom, Ireland: BT Sport

Asia-Pacific

• Brunei: KristalAstro
• China: BesTV, YouSports, Zhibo.tv, Youku, CCTV, CNTV
• Chinese Taipei: ELTA
• Hong Kong China, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore: SPOTV via cable providers (and, in Hong Kong China and Singapore, SPOTVNOW)
• India: Viacom18, Sports18, Voot Select
• Indonesia: SPOTV via cable providers**, MNCTV, Telkom Indonesia, SPOTVNOW**
• Japan: TV Asahi, J Sports (delayed coverage only on J Sports)
• Korea: SPOTV
• Macau China: TDM, SPOTV via cable providers
• Malaysia: Astro, RTM
• Maldives: Medianet
• Thailand: True Sport, SPOTV via cable providers**, SPOTVNOW**

Other regions

• Central America, South America, and the Caribbean: STAR+
• South Africa: StarTimes
• The Championships are also live on the bwf.tv YouTube channel in selected territories not listed above. They will also be available to stream on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com, territorial restrictions may apply.

If you are unable to find a screen, be sure to follow our live blog on Olympics.com and follow @olympics on social media to stay abreast of all the results and news from the Badminton World Championships 2022.