Denmark Open: Marthin/Carnando Settle Score
Daniel Marthin admitted he went into his Denmark Open 2022 men’s doubles match against Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen looking to avenge a painful defeat from four months ago.
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At the Indonesia Open in June, despite taking the opener, Marthin and partner Leo Rolly Carnando eventually went down in three games to the Danes in the round of 16. Wounded by the disappointment of letting the Istora Senayan faithful down, the defending world junior champions came out all guns blazing against the sixth seeds at the Jsyke Bank Arena.
And after battling for 74 minutes, the Indonesians left the court as deserving winners.
“We were desperate to win. We lost at home to them so we wanted to prove we could also beat them in front of their crowd. We pushed harder to achieve this result against a strong pair,” said Marthin after the 21-19 17-21 21-16 victory.