Denmark Open: A Week’s Enough for Lee and Baek
They trained as a pair only for a week but that was enough time for Lee So Hee and Baek Ha Na to work out how to outdo fifth-seeded two-time world champions Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara in the Denmark Open 2022…
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They trained as a pair only for a week but that was enough time for Lee So Hee and Baek Ha Na to work out how to outdo fifth-seeded two-time world champions Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara in the Denmark Open 2022 presented by VICTOR first round.
The close first game, which ended 23-21 in favour of the Japanese, was a hint of what’s to come at Jyske Bank Arena. Lee and Baek stepped up a gear to take the second 21-17 and then another notch to win the decider 21-11.
“Novelty and unpredictability were our obvious strengths in this match. They wouldn’t have had much clue about us,” said Lee, who has not played with a different partner on the HSBC BWF World Tour for four years.