Badminton European Games 2023 Finals: Bulgarian Stoeva Sisters and Danish Astrup/Rasmussen Won Gold

Marin is more favorite to win in the final than defending champion Blichfeldt. Head-to-head record is dominated by Marin who won four out of five matches against Blichfeldt.

World number one Axelsen claimed victory after facing quite a tight fight from third seed Toma Junior Popov of France in the semifinals.

Toma Junior Popov fought hard, but Olympic champion Axelsen was too tough to win 21-17,21-18.

Viktor Axelsen/source: europeangames.tv

Viktor Axelsen has never lost a single game to his opponent on his way to the 2023 European Games final. Axelsen will face Toma Junior's younger brother, Christo Popov, in the final.

Christo Popov achieved a convincing victory when he beaten Israel's Misha Zilberman 21-10, 21-14. Christo won all three meetings against Misha Zilberman. 

Christo Popov had to work hard to win the final match, because he had never won in his previous four matches against Axelsen.

Mixed doubles final brought top two seeds, Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue from France versus Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek from Netherlands.

Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek/source: europeangames.org

Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue needed an extra fight in the semifinals to beat defending champions Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith.

Gicquel/Delrue trailed several times in the first and second games, but finally won in rubber sets 21-18, 14-21, 21-18.

Tableing/Piek appeared convincing to win in straight sets over Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje, 21-14, 21-15.