Two-time Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen unexpectedly exited in the first round of the men's singles. Danish star Viktor Axelsen, who just won the German Open (Super 300) championship two weeks ago, lost to Chinese Taipei's "heavy gunner" Lin Junyi 19-21, 21-13, 11-21 after 54 minutes of hard fighting in the first round of the 2025 All England Badminton Super 1000 Tournament on the 12th local time, becoming the third men's singles top 8 seeds in the tournament to fall in the first round after Li Zijia (No. 7 seed) and Kodai Naraoka (No. 8 seed).

Two-time Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen unexpectedly exited in the first round of the men's singles

This is also the tournament's No. 4 seed Viktor Axelsen, who lost to Lin Junyi, who is currently ranked 12th in the world, for the first time, and his head-to-head record was changed to 3-1. Viktor Axelsen has had a great record at the All England Championships, winning in 2020 and 2022, as well as finishing runners-up in 2019 and 2021. With Viktor Axelsen out, he also missed out on winning the All England for the third time since 2020 and 2022.