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Overview of Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021

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Malaysia's-Lee-Zii-Jia-wins-All-England-Badminton-C’ships-Men's-title-Nozomi-Okuhara-clinches-Women's-titleThe 2021 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021) took place at Arena Birmingham in England from March 17-21, 2021.

  • It is the 2nd Tournament of the 2021 BWF (Badminton World Federation) World Tour.
  • Organized by Badminton England; Sanctioned by BWF.

Winners 

Men’s Single Title

  • Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia won the Men’s Singles title after defeating Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the Finals

Women’s Single Title

  • Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara won the Women’s Singles Title after defeating Ponrpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the finals.

Men’s Doubles Title

  • Japanese pair of Yuta Watanabe & Hiroyuki Endo won the Men’s Doubles Title.

Women’s Doubles Title

  • The Japanese pair of Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara won the Women’s Doubles Title.

Mixed Doubles

  • The Mixed Doubles title was bagged by Japanese pair of Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino. 

Winners of the Tournament

CategoryWinnerRunner-up
Men’s SinglesLee Zii Jia  (Malaysia) Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Men’s DoublesYuta Watanabe & Hiroyuki Endo

(Japan)

Takeshi Kamura &

Keigo Sonoda

(Japan)

Women’s Singles       Nozomi Okuhara

(Japan)

Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
Women’s DoublesMayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara

(Japan)

Yuki Fukushima &

Sayaka Hirota

(Japan)

Mixed Doubles Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino

(Japan)

Yuki Kaneko &

Misaki Matsutomo

(Japan)

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