Axelsen gives Denmark a good start in the group final, Gemke in a decisive match
At the Thomas Cup, which is the World Cup for national badminton teams, Denmark faces Malaysia in the group final on Tuesday. This was Viktor Axelsen’s first men’s singles.
And the world number seven ensured Denmark a good start to the day when he beat Lee Zii Jia in two sets with the numbers 21-16, 24-22.
After a convincing first set by the Dane, Jia, who is number ten in the world, was different sharp in the second set, where we had to go to a play-off.
Axelsen, who has recently shown some signs of weakness – uncharacteristically enough – remained focused and thus gave the Danish national team a good starting point after what many experts had proclaimed as the most important match of the day for the Danes.
Since then, the duo Kim Skaarup/Anders Astrup Rasmussen lost their men’s doubles 21-17, 17-21, 16-21 after a close match, which brought Malaysia to 1-1 in the match.
Anders Antonsen, however, continued the good pace in the men’s singles, when the world number four beat Leong Hun Jao with 21-14, 21-10 and has thus again put Denmark in the leading position in the group final.
Today’s last Dane in men’s singles is Rasmus Gemke, who plays around 15.00 Danish time.
As Rasmus Kjær and Frederik Søgaard lost their doubles as well, the result of the last single is therefore decisive
2024-04-30 12:59:05
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