Denmark Open
2005

Mixed Doubles - continued

Speaking of those danes, Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl. They took on the Danish/Russina constellation Rasmus Mangor Ander/Anastacia Russkikh and won by 15-9, 15-8.

Another interesting Mixed Doubles was the All-English match between Gail Emms/Nathan Robertson and Donna Kellogg/Anthony Clark. It was easy to see they know each other very wel from their training in the National Centre in Milton Keynes, England (Gail and Donna also teams up in Women's Doubles) but still Emms/Robertson ranked somewhat higher on the World ranking (6 versus 15 for Kellogg/Clark).

The bronze medallists from the recent World Championships in Anaheim, USA, in August - Daniel Shirley/Sara Runesten-Petersen NZL/DEN, didn't quite live up to the fantastic result from Anaheim as they were up against Woo Kien Keat/Wong Pei Tty, MAS. They lost in two games

Men's Singles, 1/8 Finals

The two biggest surprises of the day both occurred in the Men's Singles! And both involved the top seeded Danish players, Peter Gade (World ranked 7) and Kenneth Jonassen (World ranked 2).

Gade were up against Chen Jin, CHN, the World Junior Champion from Vancouver, Canada in 2004 (World ranked 24). Chen Jin once again showed that he is man of the future. He is not afraid of standing before this Dane, who has been at the top for quite a number of years now. Yet he still has 'a lot to learn' standing opposite Gade, who knows a trick or two and still knows how to move the shuttle around. This just wasn't enough for Gade today as the match went into three games. In the decisive game he couldn't make up for the fast Chinese.

Pang (opposite) won!

Gade followed his compatriot Kenneth Jonassen out of Danish Open, as Jonassen an hour earlier had lost - quite unwxpectedly - to Eric Pang, NED. And in only two games 15-13, 15-9. The Dutch player was on top of his game throughout the match and was able to make up for all the tricks Jonassen pulled out of his sleeves. Actually, it was the Dutch (World ranked 49) who dominated the match from beginning to end and you can understand his relieved joy when he closed the match in two games, to a player World ranked 47 places higher than himself!

Pang's flying attacks on Jonassen

Links

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• DO 2004
• DO 2003
• RDO 2002
• RDO 2001
• RDO 2000