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Danes shine in Shenzhen
Date: 12/18/2012 11:15 AM
Published by : Manuel Røsler

Fantastic week for Denmark at the 2012 BWF Superseries Finals (500.000 US Dollars) in Shenzhen. With Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen and Joachim Fischer/Christinna Pedersen two pairs from Europe's badminton giant took home one of the most prestigious titles in the world of badminton.

Olympic silver medalists Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen showed superb performance. In Sunday's finals, they overwhelmed Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan by registering a straight-game victory in this 46-minute encounter.

For the world number one Danish pair it was the third triumph at the BWF Superseries finals in a row. Their compatriots Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen, Bronze medalist from London 2012, also took the title in the mixed doubles by beating Zhang Nan/Zhao Zhunlei of China 17-21, 21-12, 21-14.

Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl reached the finals and Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (both Denmark) booked a place in the semi-finals.

The finals results:

MS Chen Long (CHN) - Du Pengyu (CHN) 21-12, 21-13
WS Li Xuerui (CHN) - Wang Shixian (CHN) 21-9, 15-4 (retired)
MD Boe/Mogensen (DEN) - Endo/Hayakawa (JPN) 21-17, 21-19
WD Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN) - Pedersen/Juhl (DEN) 21-16, 21-14
MX Fischer/Pedersen (DEN) - Zhang/Zhao (CHN) 17-21, 21-12, 21-14

Click here for all results from Shenzhen.

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