The first day of DENMARK OPE presented by VICTOR is finished, and now we can look back on some of the biggest results.
Lasse Mølhede and Jeppe Bay captured one of the most surprising wins of the day. The Danish men’s doubles pair defeated World number one, Hoki and Kobayashi, 21-15, 21-14.
Besides that game a lot of the favorites got off to a good start in Jyske Bank Arena in Odense. Let’s look how the first part of the first round ended.
- Loh Kean Yew – Sitthikorn Thammasin: 21-13, 22-20
- NG Ka Long Angus – Kidambi Srikanth: 21-17, 14-21, 12-21
- Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (1.) – Yeung Nga Ting/Yeung Pui Lam: 21-7, 21-17
- Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (3.) – Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan: 21-16, 21-15
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (1.) – Sumanti/Julimarbela: 21-14, 21-9
- Lee Zii Jia (4.) – Mark Caljouw: 21-15, 21-10
- Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (4.) – Linda Efler/Isabel Lohau: 21-14, 20-22, 21-9
- Alexandra Bøje/Amalie Magelund – Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gobichand Pullela: 15-21, 15-21
- Jeppe Bay/Lasse Mølhede – Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi (1.): 21-15, 21-14
- Mia Blichfeldt – Carolina Marin (4.): 18-21, 14-21
- Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus – Jonatan Christie (8.): 8-21, 21-19, 18-21
- Line Kjærsfeldt – Akane Yamaguchi (1.): 21-11, 21-10
- Line Christophersen – Pai Yu Po: 21-12, 12-21, 11-21
- Rasmus Gemke – Kenta Nishimoto: 21-18, 21-14
The second part of the first round will be played on Wednesday.