Read the official VICTOR DENMARK OPEN 2023 magazine

Hans-Kristian Vittinghus has stopped the national team training, but he is far from done with the sport of badminton. Read a portrait of him in our new magazine.

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If you could choose any attribute from the world’s best player, what would you choose?

We have asked several of the Danish national team players about this in each of the five categories. You can read the answers in our VICTOR DENMARK OPEN 2o23 magazine, which was published digitally on Thursday.

Read the VICTOR DENMARK OPEN 2023 magazine here

One of the players who is not on the field at the VICTOR DENMARK OPEN 2023 is Hans-Kristian Vittinghus. He stopped playing for the national team in August, and we talked to him about the highs and lows of his career. Here he also reveals that it is not a farewell to the sport of badminton.

The draw is ready for VICTOR DENMARK OPEN

Here you can get an overview of the 10 Danish matches in the first round as well as links to the full draw in each category.

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In exactly three weeks, this year’s VICTOR DENMARK OPEN will kick off, and now the draw for the tournament has been made.

There are exciting matches already in the first round. For example, Hong Kong Open winner Jonatan Christie will meet Chou Tien Chen, Indonesia Open winners Rankireddy/Shetty will meet world number 9 Ong and Teo, while world champion An Se Young will meet Hong Kong Open finalist Zhang Yi Man.

Click to see the draw in each category.

Get an overview of the Danish players’ opponents in the first round:
• Viktor Axelsen (1st seed) – Magnus Johannesen
• Anders Antonsen – Chico Wardoyo
• Rasmus Gemke – Kunlavut Vitidsarn (4th seed)

• Mia Blichfeldt – Line Christophersen
• Line Kjærsfeldt – Pornpawee Chochuwong

• Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup (7th seed) – Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi
• Rasmus Kjær/Frederik Søgaard – Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang (2nd seed)

• Sara Thygesen/Maiken Fruergaard – Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi

• Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Bøje – Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet
• Mathias Thyrri/Amalie Magelund – Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei

VICTOR DENMARK OPEN will be held October 17-22 in Jyske Bank Arena in Odense.

Here are the seedings for VICTOR DENMARK OPEN 2023

This Friday, the seedings have been published for the VICTOR DENMARK OPEN. Below you can see who is among the eight seeded in each category.

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Men’s Singles:
1st seed: Viktor Axelsen
2nd seed: Anthony Ginting
3rd seed: Kodai Naraoka
4th seed: Kunlavut Vitidsarn
5th seed: Jonatan Christie
6th seed: Shi Yu Qi
7th seed: Prannoy H.S.
8th seed: Li Shi Feng

Women’s Singles:
1st seed: An Se Young
2nd seed: Akane Yamaguchi
3rd seed: Chen Yu Fei
4th seed: Tai Tzu Ying
5th seed: He Bing Jiao
6th seed: Carolina Marin
7th seed: Gregoria Tunjung
8th seed: Han Yue

Men’s Doubles:
1st seed: Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Ardianto
2nd seed: Wang Chang/Liang Wei Keng
3rd seed: Chriag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
4th seed: Seo Seung Jae/Kang Min Hyuk
5th seed: Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik
6th seed: Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi
7th seed: Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup
8th seed: Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi

Women’s Doubles:
1st seed: Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan
2nd seed: Lee So Hee/Baek Ha Na
3rd seed: Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong
4th seed: Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota
5th seed: Chiharu Shida/Nami Matsuyama
6th seed: Zheng Yu/Zhang Shu Xian
7th seed: Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Ramadhanti
8th seed: Wakana Nagahara/Mayu Matsumoto

Mixed doubles:
1st seed: Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong
2nd seed: Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino
3rd seed: Feng Yn Zhe/Huang Dong Ping
4th seed: Seo Seung Jae/Chae Yu Jung
5th seed: Dechapol/Sapsireee
6th seed: Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun
7th seed: Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue
8th seed: Jiang Zheng Bang/Wei Ya Xin

VICTOR DENMARK OPEN will be played 17.-22. October in Jyske Bank Arena in Odense.

China strongly represented in the finals

Lee Zii Jia

The finals of the DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR includes to all China finals and one all Indonesian final.

This years DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR is coming to an end. Only five matches remain before the Danish Super 750 tournament is finished.

Especially China is strongly represented in the finals. Only the men’s doubles category doesn’t have any players with Chinese nationality.

This is the finals on Sunday:

  1. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (3.) – Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping
  2. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (1.) – Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee
  3. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (5.) – Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sukamuljo (2.)
  4. He Bingjiao (8.) – Chen Yufei (3.)
  5. Lee Zii Jia (4.) – Shi Yuqi

 

The finals begin Sunday at 12 PM.

All World Champions are ready for the quarter finals

Anders Antonsen - DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR

Last year’s winners in both men’s and women’s singles, Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi, are on path to win their second title in a row in Odense.

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All five reigning World Champions are still competing for this year’s DENMARK OPEN presented by VICTOR trophy.

That means the quarter finals at the Super 750 tournament will be with Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong.

 

Here are some the biggest matches you can look forward to on Friday:

  • Viktor Axelsen (1.) – Loh Kean Yew (7.)
  • Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (3.) – Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (6.)
  • Lee Zii Jia (4.) – Jonatan Christie (8.)
  • Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (7.) – Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (4.)
  • Tai Tzu Ying (2.) – Ratchanok Intanon (5.)
  • Chou Tien Chen (5.) – Shi Yuqi
  • Chen Yufei (3. seedet) – Pornpawee Chochuwong (7. seedet)
  • Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (4.) – Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai (6.)

 

The quarter finals will begin Friday at 12 PM.