Latest opdate 26/10/2000 at 12:27 (CEST)
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Danish Open 2000
Realkredit Danmark Open24. - 29. october, Farum Arena, Denmark
Wednesday: Poul-Erik lost - Camilla and Peter wonThe Danish Open Champion 1999, Poul - Erik Høyer announced after last years event, that this years Danish Open would be his last international event.And tonight he played his last match against Xiao Hui, China.Xiao won the first game 15 - 11, but Poul - Erik bounched back the way he is famous for and got it 15 - 8. He was on top als å at the beginning of the 3. game, but at 3 - 3 it went wrong for the dane, and Xiao reached 3 - 13 very fast.Poul - Erik got back in the game, but seemed unable to drum up enought of the fighting spirit that got him the gold medal in Atlanta 1996. Xaio won 15 - 6The audience gave Poul-Erik Høyer at standing ovation while he made his way out of the arena. Otherwise "Big Wednesday" had a hard program from mid morning to mid evning without any breaks in the program. Matches where played simulatenously on 5 courts. Planning allowed for the 3 most interesting plays of the day (for Danes, that is) was played neck to neck. Good for the audience - bad for the press! The other two matches was Camilla Martin in Ladies' Singles and Peter Gade in Men's Singles. A young but unimpressed canadian, Sophie Jutras, from the qualifying rounds, got a very fast lession in top quality badminton from the 5 times Danish Open champion and Olympic silver medalist. Camilla Martin won 11-0, 11-0 in 7 minutes. Peter Gade had a little more trouble with compatriot Henrik Kryger. 1. game went as planned og was quickly over. But when the 2. game was almost over, Henrik Kryger wanted a little more say, and scored 6 points in a row against an amused 2. seeded Peter Gade. Afte the game Peter Gade complimented Peter Kryger for his guts. Peter won 15-5, 15-9
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