KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s challenge in the Denmark Open badminton tournament ended last night after the country’s last hope, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani crashed out in the men’s doubles semi-final.
The world’s number 26 pair gave Danes Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen a huge scare before going down 11-21, 21-19, 18-21 after nearly an hour’s battle at the Odense Sports Park, according to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website.
Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin had advanced to the last four after stunning world number seven Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia 21-18, 21-17 on Friday.
In today’s final, the Danes who are the world’s number 11, will take on Japan’s world number 15 pair of Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi. The Japanese pair eliminated Germans Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel 20-22, 21-18, 21-16 in the other semi-final.
Earlier, men’s singles ace Lee Zii Jia crashed out in the quarter-finals after a narrow 21-19, 21-19 loss to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen from Denmark.
National number two mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing also went down fighting 21-19, 12-21, 14-21 in the quarter-finals to Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan. - FMT
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