Irish No 1 faces Denmark's Olympic champ in own back yard

Take a walk through the streets of Copenhagen this next week and reigning men's Olympic singles champion Viktor Axelsen will be hard to miss

REMATCH: Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in action against Viktor Axelsen of Denmark during June's European Games. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Take a walk through the streets of Copenhagen this next week and Viktor Axelsen will be hard to miss.

The city plays host to the BWF World Badminton Championships as of Monday and the 29-year-old is very much the leading man. Billboards and buses, as well as social media channels, are all awash with his likeness.