Badminton: Our challenge comes to an end in Copenhagen

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s challenge in the Copenhagen Masters ended with the defeat of world junior doubles champions Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang by Denmark’s Jonas Rasmussen-Lars Paaske in their second Group B match at Falconer Centre last Sunday.

Rasmussen-Paaske chalked a 21-15, 21-16 win over the Malaysians to set up an all-Danish final against Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen, who beat Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15 in the deciding match to determine the qualifiers from Group A.