Simply ‘One’-derful! – Finals: DANISA Denmark Open 2018
Today’s finals of the DANISA Denmark Open 2018 – Presented by VICTOR gave credence to the assertion that ‘statistics don’t lie’ – with the world No.1 players sweeping the titles.
· GAYLE ALLEYNE
Starting with Tai Tzu Ying (featured image; left) in Women’s Singles and concluding with the equally-unstoppable Kento Momota (featured image; right) in the men’s solo discipline, each final was won by the players who currently enjoy the penthouse position in their respective category.
All except Momota – who ascended to the top spot after the draw – had entered the Super 750 tournament as the top seeds and emphatically justified their billing as the ‘ones to beat’. In between the singles stars’ successes, China’s Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong grabbed another Mixed Doubles crown while Japan’s leading ladies, Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota, landed the Women’s Doubles championship and Indonesia’s hot shots, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, blazed to the finish in Men’s Doubles. It was the first Denmark Open victory for all the new champions.
While 24-year-olds Momota and Tai were taken the distance by Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei and