Denmark thrash Germany to win their ninth successive title in the European Mixed Team Championships
Denmark, the leading badminton country in Europe, has won the final of the European Mixed Team Championships 2011 against Germany, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, on February 20.
It was Denmark’s ninth successive title in this event that strengthens the domination of the Danish shuttlers in the entire European continent. Germany took the lead in the opening battle of Women’s Singles, but Denmark made a strong comeback and won the
next three matches in a row by making it a 3-1 victory.
In the opening fight of the final match of the European Mixed Team Championships 2011, German girl, Juliane Schenk, played against Danish shuttler, Karina Jørgensen. It was a 33- minute long match and right from the beginning of the opening set, the German
player remained on the driving seat and won the first set by a 21-16 margin.
The second set was a close fight, as both players worked very hard but once again, it was the German who won the fight by a narrow margin of 21-19.
In the category of the Men’s Singles, Denmark’s shuttler, Jan Ø. Jørgensen, put up a great show against German badminton star, Marc Zwiebler. The Danish shuttler was just incredible on the court and took only 31 minutes to beat the German in a straight-set
fight with a 21-18, 21-15 score on the board. The German player had no answer to the quality play of the Danish shuttler.
In the battle of the Women’s Doubles, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark played against Sandra Marinello and Birgit Michels of Germany. In a 37-minute long match, the Danish players proved their skills and finished the match in straight-sets.
The final score of the Women’s Doubles battle was 21-17, 21-12.
The Men’s Doubles fight was the last contest of the European Mixed Team Championships 2011. The World Number One pair of Denmark, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, contested against Germany’s duo of Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels.
The top seeds demonstrated their usual game that made it a one-sided affair, as they beat their opponents in straight games. The World Number One duo consumed just 33 minutes in the court to defeat the German pair by a marginal score of 21-13, 21-16.
Danish shuttlers finished the final competition in less than three hours with a 3-1 margin against the Germans. After this win, Denmark has grabbed their ninth successive title in this European event. Since 1996, the Danish team has always remained unbeatable
on every occasion of the European Mixed Team Championships, proving that their nation has produced the best shuttlers in the whole European continent.
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