<p class="title">World number one Viktor Axelsen of Denmark will play the reigning Olympic champion and home hope Chen Long in Sunday's mouthwatering final of the China Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's draw in Fuzhou, the Japanese fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi takes on the Chinese qualifier Gao Fangjie, who had previously never made it past the first round of a Superseries event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-year-old Axelsen, the current world champion and top seed, needed just 39 minutes to defeat unseeded Angus Ng Ka-long of Hong Kong 21-12, 21-17 in their one-sided semifinal on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The imperious Axelsen is just one win away from his maiden China Open triumph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But first he must see off the sixth seed Chen, who booked his ticket for the final with a topsy-turvy 21-17, 10-21, 21-7 victory over South Korea's second seed Son Wan-Ho in 71 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chen, 28, holds a strong advantage in his meetings with Axelsen, beating the Dane seven times and losing to him just once.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The home crowd will also have another Chinese to roar in Sunday's women's final in the form of 19-year-old surprise-package Gao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The teenager stunned current Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain 21-19, 21-19 in one hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gao's opponent in the decider will be the Japanese Yamaguchi, who defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, seeded eight, 21-14, 21-18.</p>
<p class="title">World number one Viktor Axelsen of Denmark will play the reigning Olympic champion and home hope Chen Long in Sunday's mouthwatering final of the China Open.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's draw in Fuzhou, the Japanese fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi takes on the Chinese qualifier Gao Fangjie, who had previously never made it past the first round of a Superseries event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-year-old Axelsen, the current world champion and top seed, needed just 39 minutes to defeat unseeded Angus Ng Ka-long of Hong Kong 21-12, 21-17 in their one-sided semifinal on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The imperious Axelsen is just one win away from his maiden China Open triumph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But first he must see off the sixth seed Chen, who booked his ticket for the final with a topsy-turvy 21-17, 10-21, 21-7 victory over South Korea's second seed Son Wan-Ho in 71 minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chen, 28, holds a strong advantage in his meetings with Axelsen, beating the Dane seven times and losing to him just once.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The home crowd will also have another Chinese to roar in Sunday's women's final in the form of 19-year-old surprise-package Gao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The teenager stunned current Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain 21-19, 21-19 in one hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gao's opponent in the decider will be the Japanese Yamaguchi, who defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, seeded eight, 21-14, 21-18.</p>