Fairuzizuan-Zakry ease past Paaske-Rasmussen
News 2:53 PM
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian men’s doubles pairing of Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Latif made a bright start to their Copenhagen Masters campaign with a convincing straight games win over former world champions Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen in their opening Group B match at the Falconer Centre in Copenhagen yesterday.
Fairuzizuan-Zakry took 29 minutes for the 21-19, 21-15 win which avenged their loss to the Danish pair in the semi-finals of the Taiwan Open in September this year.
Fairuzizuan-Zakry, ranked 16th in the world, are seeking to end the year on a high as the Malaysian doubles representatives in the invitational tournament.
They will earn a ticket to the final if they beat another Danish pair, Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, today.
Group A consists of Danish veterans Martin Lundgaard Hansen-Jens Eriksen, Germans Kristof Hopp-Ingo Kindervater and Polish pair Michal Logosz-Robert Mateusiak.
Malaysia's Kuan Beng Hong also got secured a winning start in the men’s singles yesterday when he beat world number 14 Przemyslaw Wacha of Poland 18-21, 21-11, 21-16 in Group A.
Beng Hong is scheduled to play local favourite Peter-Gade Christensen in a later match yesterday.
Christensen is the defending champion and is tipped to qualify for the final again.
Roslin Hashim is scheduled to play Dicky Palyama of Holland in Group B later yesterday.
Palyama had lost his opening match to Denmark’s number two Kenneth Jonassen 11-21, 10-21 earlier.
Fairuzizuan-Zakry took 29 minutes for the 21-19, 21-15 win which avenged their loss to the Danish pair in the semi-finals of the Taiwan Open in September this year.
Fairuzizuan-Zakry, ranked 16th in the world, are seeking to end the year on a high as the Malaysian doubles representatives in the invitational tournament.
They will earn a ticket to the final if they beat another Danish pair, Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, today.
Group A consists of Danish veterans Martin Lundgaard Hansen-Jens Eriksen, Germans Kristof Hopp-Ingo Kindervater and Polish pair Michal Logosz-Robert Mateusiak.
Malaysia's Kuan Beng Hong also got secured a winning start in the men’s singles yesterday when he beat world number 14 Przemyslaw Wacha of Poland 18-21, 21-11, 21-16 in Group A.
Beng Hong is scheduled to play local favourite Peter-Gade Christensen in a later match yesterday.
Christensen is the defending champion and is tipped to qualify for the final again.
Roslin Hashim is scheduled to play Dicky Palyama of Holland in Group B later yesterday.
Palyama had lost his opening match to Denmark’s number two Kenneth Jonassen 11-21, 10-21 earlier.
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