Danish Disappointment – All England: Day 2
Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen’s 15-year fruitful partnership came to an end today as the Danes crashed out of the second round of the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2019. It was the second blow to…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen’s 15-year fruitful partnership came to an end today as the Danes crashed out of the second round of the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2019. It was the second blow to Danish hopes in men’s doubles after fifth seeds Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen fell to Malaysia’s Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik.
There were no surprises in the evening session, with all the favoured names progressing. Women’s singles second seed Nozomi Okuhara, women’s doubles fourth seeds Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu, and men’s singles second seed Shi Yuqi were among those who entered the quarterfinals with straight-games victories.
The closest match of the session was between young Chinese Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong and Chinese Taipei’s Liao Min Chun/Su Ching Heng. Liao and Su fought off a match point in the second to take the match to a third game. The Chinese survived a late charge at the end to emerge winners at 21-14 20-22 21-19.