Denmark Open: Antonsen, Gemke Ensure All-Danish Final
Anders Antonsen and Rasmus Gemke defied their negative head-to-head records over their semifinal opponents to set up an all-Danish men’s singles final at the DANISA Denmark Open 2020. The hosts were thus assured of…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Anders Antonsen and Rasmus Gemke defied their negative head-to-head records over their semifinal opponents to set up an all-Danish men’s singles final at the DANISA Denmark Open 2020. The hosts were thus assured of their first men's singles title since 2010, when Jan O Jorgensen - who, incidentally, retired on Friday, captured the crown.
Antonsen went into his semifinal against Chou Tien Chen having won only one of eight previous clashes, while Gemke had never won a match in three against Kenta Nishimoto.
But Antonsen was on the ball from the start, controlling the pace of the rallies and surprising Chou with some unexpected angles. His touch at the net and the precision of his down-the-line half-smashes caught out Chou a number of times, and the second seed wasn’t quite able to get his foot in.