Badminton BWF World Championships 2022: Day 7 preview, order of play, how to watch finals - Sunday 28 August

Judgment day.

We are down to the last five matches at badminton's BWF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, 28 August 2022.

Viktor Axelsen seeks to add a second world title to the Olympic gold medal he won in the Japanese capital last summer. The Dane will take on Kunlavut Vitidsarn, the first Thai to reach a world men's singles final.

In the women's singles, local favourite Yamaguchi Akane is one win away from retaining her title but China's reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei stands in her way.

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

Day 7 order of play – BWF World Championships 2022 – Sunday 28 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 - Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) Vs Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)

• Match 2: WD - Chen Quin Chen / Jia Yi Fan (China) Vs Kim So Yeong / Kong Hee Yong (Korea)

• Match 3: MS - Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

• Match 4: WS - Yamaguchi Akane (Japan) Vs Chen Yufei (China)

• Match 5: XD - Zheng Si Wei / Huang Ya Qiong (China) Vs Watanabe Yuta/ Higashino Arisa (Japan)

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.