The Danish badmintonstjerne Viktor Axelsen is ready for the quarter finals in the World Tour tournament Malaysia Open.
on Thursday morning, Danish time won the dane his fight in the second round with trouble as he beat chinese Lu Guangzu in the course of the 52 minutes in Kuala Lumpur.
Sjetteseedede Abreu won with 21-11, 16-21, 21-17.
the First set was one-sided affair. The dane went from 2-2 to 9-2, which effectively ruled the set.
In the second set had Abreu teething problems and came quickly behind 3-8. The hole managed the former world champion never to have closed.
the Third set had the opposite sign. The dane struck an early hole, and even about the chinese several times was just a single point after the two players are never on the pointmæssig speed.
Abreu allowed himself to miss a single match point, before he played his way on.
Despite a difficult second set, managed it for Abreu to pull the victory for Malaysia Open. Photo: Mohd Rasfan/Ritzau Scanpix
In the quarter-finals had Viktor Axelsen view to meeting verdensranglistens number one, japaneren Kento Momota, but it escapes the dane. It he is probably happy. In 12 mutual meetings have been to 11 defeat. The latest in the All England final.
Within Axelsens struggle had Momota been in action, and japaneren lost by 20-22, 15-21 to the 21-year-old indoneser Jonathan Christie, who is number ten on the world ranking.
Later on Thursday was talented Anders Antonsen not unexpectedly sent out of the tournament. Aarhusianeren was the small in the meeting with the verdensranglistens number two, Shi Yuqi. The chinese won increased 21-18, 21-19.
In both the first and second set of turns players to win the duels in the beginning of the sets, before Shi Yuqi built a small lead that could not be retrieved.
on Thursday afternoon Danish time lost Rasmus Gemke in three sets to japaneren Kenta Nishimoto, who is number 11 on the world rankings.
Gemke won surprisingly the first set with 21-18. In the second set followed the dane great, but towards the end of the set drew Nishimoto and won it 21-15. The third set was pure japanese show, and Gemke was run over with 21-9.
There is no remaining danes in the tournament in the ladies’. Also in the men’s doubles is over run, as it is the only Danish flavour with Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen went out in the first round.
Malaysia Open is a Super 750 tournament on the World Tour. The ranks thus on a par with, for example, the Denmark Open. In addition to sæsonfinalen ranks only three tournaments higher than Super 750-tournaments on the World Tour.
