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February 9, 2023 20:48
All seeded players in the men’s singles category won their matches on Thursday, but for several there was a lot of excitement about the outcome of the matches. Get an overview of all the quarter-final results.
The spectators in Blue Water Dokken signed off with the evening’s biggest round of applause, as they had just seen Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus play through from the quarter-finals at VICTOR DM 2023. But far from without difficulty.
It was a 52-minute contest against Jeppe Bruun, after Vittinghus had only survived a match point in the third set, before he decided it himself. The exciting match ended 21-12, 12-21, 22-20.
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It was also a tough match for Victor Svendsen, when he defeated Rasmus Messerschmidt in three sets in a repeat of the DM final from 2021.
The women’s singles series unfortunately offered a farewell to the DM winner from 2014, Mia Blichfeldt. At the end of the first set, she withdrew from her match against Benedicte Silassen with an injury.
Søren Toft Hansen did the same at the beginning of the second set against second-seeded Mads Christophersen. So it was a farewell this time to Søren Toft Hansen, who on the first day at VICTOR DM delivered a great game and scenes of jubilation.
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While there was a lot of excitement in the men’s doubles category, there was not so much of it in the mixed doubles. The four seeded pairs lived up to their favorite status as they all managed to win in two sets. The most excitement about the outcome was in the match between Mads Vestergaard/Christine Busch and Sebastian Bugtrup/Mai Surrow, when it ended 21-19, 22-20.
Also in women’s doubles, all four seeded pairs advanced. Here, Ditte Søby and Sara Lundgaard had to fight the most for it, as they were out in three sets against Iben Bergstein and Mette Werge.
See the program for the semi-final day at VICTOR DM
Even before the quarter-finals got under way, the men’s doubles with Mads Vestergaard and Daniel Lundgaard was assured of a place in the semi-finals. Second-seeded Jeppe Bay and Rasmus Prasz Espersen had to withdraw on Thursday due to Bay’s illness.
The newly formed men’s doubles team with Anders Skaarup and Mikkel Mikkelsen had no problems advancing as they beat Philip Illum Klindt and Mads Thøgersen safely in two sets.
Friday’s semi-finals will start at 5pm and can be seen on TV 2 SPORT and TV 2 PLAY.
Here are the results of the quarter-finals (the winners of each match are listed first):
Men’s Singles:
- Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (1st) – Jeppe Bruun Christensen: 21-12, 12-21, 22-20
- Mads Christophersen (2nd) – Søren Toft Hansen: 21-5, 3-1 (Søren Toft withdrew)
- Victor Svendsen (3rd/4th) – Rasmus Messerschmidt: 21-14, 5-21, 21-14
- Magnus Johannesen (3rd/4th) – Karan Rajan Rajarajan: 18-21, 21-12, 21-14
Women’s Singles:
- Line Kjærsfeldt (1st) – Lærke Thomsen: 21-9, 21-12
- Line Christophersen (2nd) – Frederikke Østergaard: 21-13, 21-17
- Benedicte Silassen – Mia Blichfeldt (3rd/4th): 18-16 (Blichfeldt withdrew)
- Irina Amalie Andersen – Frederikke Lund (3rd/4th): 18-21, 21-14, 21-13
Men’s Doubles:
- Anders Skaarup/Mikkel Mikkelsen (1st) – Philip Illum Klindt/Mads Thøgersen: 21-6, 21-14
- Daniel Lundgaard/Mads Vestergaard – Jeppe Bay/Rasmus Prasz Espersen (2nd): Walkover
- Rasmus Kjær/Frederik Søgaard (3rd/4th) – Jeppe Bruun Christensen/Mads Gadegaard: 21-17, 21-12
- Andreas Søndergaard/Jesper Toft (3rd/4th) – Christian Faust Kjær/William Kryger Boe: 21-14, 21-13
Women’s Doubles:
- Sara Thygesen/Maiken Fruergaard (1st) – Emilia Nesic/Lærke Tolstrup White: 21-12, 21-8
- Amalie Magelund/Marie Røpke (2nd) – Amanda Aarrebo Petersen/Anne Mouritsen: 21-13, 21-15
- Ditte Søby/Sara Lundgaard (3rd/4th) – Iben Bergstein/Mette Werge: 13-21, 21-17, 21-15
- Signe Schulz Terp-Nielsen/Amalie Cecilie Kudsk (3rd/4th) – Kathrine Vang Rasmussen/Maria Højlund Tommerup: 21-15, 21-14
Mixed doubles:
- Mathias Christiansen/Sara Thygesen (1st) – Mads Gadegaard/Sofie Røjkjær: 21-11, 21-14
- Amalie Magelund/Mathias Thyrri (2nd) – Signe Schulz Terp-Nielsen/Emil Lauritzen: 21-19, 21-13
- Mikkel Mikkelsen/Rikke Søby (3rd/4th) – Rasmus Prasz Espersen/Maiken Fruergaard: 21-13, 21-11
- Mads Vestergaard/Christine Busch (3rd/4th) – Mai Surrow/Sebastian Bugtrup: 21-19, 22-20
If you want an overview of when the various players will be on the field and how they are seeded for the VICTOR DM, you can see it at this link.
In addition, Badminton Denmark will cover the championships on our social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and of course here at badminton.dk.
Here you can look forward to exciting interviews and get up close to the players through stories, articles about the upcoming winners and much more.
We look forward to seeing you with a lot of fantastic feathers for the VICTOR DM in Esbjerg.
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