Danes a shoo-in for semis but they don’t want to undermine their rivals

Denmark men’s doubles shuttlers Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in action against Malaysia’s Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik during the group match of Thomas Cup Finals at Hi-Tech Sports Centre in Chengdu, China on Tuesday. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

CHENGDU: Nothing is going to be handed to them on a silver platter.

Doubles shuttler Anders Skaarup Rasmussen knows that Denmark are the favourites in the quarter-final tie against Taiwan today but he is not prepared to make the mistake of undermining their opponents.