Our challenge comes to an end in Copenhagen

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s challenge in the Copenhagen Masters ended with the defeat of world junior doubles champions Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang by Denmark’s Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske in their second Group B match at Falconer Centre last Sunday.

Rasmussen-Paaske chalked a 21-15, 21-16 win over the Malaysians to set up an all-Danish final against Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, who beat Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15 in the deciding match to determine the qualifiers from Group A.

The Indonesian top pair completed their outing without a single win after crashing 8-21, 17-21 to Poland’s Michal Logosz-Robert Mateusiak earlier in the day.

The men’s singles final will also be an all-Danish affair between Peter-Gade Christensen and Kenneth Jonassen.

Christensen ended the title hopes of Malaysian veteran Wong Choong Hann with an impressive 21-7, 21-19 win in the deciding Group B match. Jonassen overcame Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-17, 2-15 in Group A.

The women’s singles final will be between Denmark’s Tine Rasmussen and Germany’ Xu Huaiwen.

MEN’S SINGLES
Group A: Kenneth Jonassen (Den) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) 21-17, 21-15.
Group B: Peter-Gade Christensen (Den) bt Wong Choong Hann (Mas) 21-7, 21-19.

MEN’S DOUBLES
Group A: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) 21-17, 21-15.
Group B: Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen (Den) bt Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang (Mas) 21-15, 21-16.

WOMEN’S SINGLES
Group A: Tine Rasmussen (Den) bt Adriyanti Firdasari (Ina) 22-20, 21-14.
Group B: Xu Huaiwen (Ger) bt Pi Hongyan (Fra) 15-21, 21-12, 21-19.

(Source: Thestar.com.my)