Denmark prevails in semi-final round of European Championships 2012 – Badminton News
The powerhouse of badminton in Europe, Denmark was everywhere in semi-final round as it surged into four title matches out of five in European Championships on April 20, 2012.
The only category in which Denmark will not have any stake is the Men’s Singles event as its top contenders like Peter Hoeg Gade and Jan O Jorgensen crashed out early.
At judgment day, the Mixed Doubles pair of Mads Pieler-Julie Houmann will open the marathon against Polish rivals Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba and then the Women’s Singles shuttler Tine Baun will take on the German Juliane Schenk.
In third title match of the day, male duo Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen will be representing their country against another German contender Michael Fuchs-Oliver Roth before clash of the compatriots Christinna-Kamilla and Line Damkjaer-Marie Roepke in final
match of the Women’s Doubles event.
Earlier in semi-final round, the Mixed Doubles team Mads Pieler-Julie Houmann wrote first chapter of splendid victory saga by overpowering their compatriots Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter.
They reserved their right to be the finalists by registering final figures of 16-21, 21-19 and 21-18.
Later, Women’s Singles expert Tine Baun doubled the joy by stamping her Bulgarian challenger Linda Zechiri in just two games. The impressive result of 21-13 and 21-14 was proof of their supremacy in this second last round of the event.
Men’s Doubles experts Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen were the next to join the party as they buried the top British couple Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis.
The Danish men passed this test in straight sets with a distinctive margin of 21-11 and 21-14.
Next chapters of this victory saga were even more captivating as it was Denmark all over in Women’s Doubles semi-finals.
National number two pair Line Damkjaer-Marie Roepke stood full to their stature against higher ranked rivals Valeri Sorokina-Nina Vislova from Russia.
They had to wait for 66 minutes to get a permit for a final run at judgment day but they hit the mark with a 2-1 victory over their opponents.
Their compatriot female couple of Christinna Pedersen-Kamilla Rytter followed the successful trail and setup a clash with them after beating the German duo Sandra Marinello-Birgit Michels with 21-11 and 21-11 scores on board.
Now Denmark has a sure Women’s Doubles crown in European Championships but the other finalists will have to put some extra effort against spirited German and Polish campaigners.
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