Akane Yamaguchi beat former world No. 1 Chen Yufei of China 21-9, 21-13 on Sunday to win the women's singles badminton world championship final. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/01/more-sports/yamaguchi-badminton-world-title/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #akaneyamaguchi #bwfworldchampionships #chenyufei
Japan's Yamaguchi cruises to third badminton world title

The Japanese fifth seed rarely looked troubled on court in Paris and needed just 37 minutes to add a third world title to her gold medals from 2021 and 2022.

The Japan Times