Jan Joergensen Won Copenhagen Master 2011
Jan Joergensen
Denmark' s Jan Oe. Joergensen beat compatriot and world number four Peter Gade to claim the Copenhagen Masters 2011 badminton title here late Thursday.
Joergensen outplayed Gade 14-21, 25-23, 22-20, to win the crown for the second time, in front of a sell-out crowd at the Falconer Center arena in the Danish capital.
The result was a shock loss for Gade, a former world number one, who has previously won the Copenhagen Masters 10 times, and was favorite at this year' s tournament.
Meanwhile, Denmark' s Tine Baun lost in straight sets to Thailand' s Inthanon Ratchanok in the women' s singles final also held Thursday.
Baun, ranked fifth, and a previous two-time Copenhagen Masters winner, lost 21-17, 21-15 to the 16 year-old Thai player who is ranked 13.
There was better luck for the host nation in the men' s doubles and mixed-doubles finals Thursday, with Danish teams taking both titles.
Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen beat Malaysia' s Zakry Latif and Fairzizuan Tazari 21-18, 21-9, to win their first ever Copenhagen Masters doubles crown.
Meanwhile, Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen beat unseeded Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand 21-13, 21-17, to take the mixed-doubles title.
Fisher and Pedersen, ranked world number three, were named Denmark' s badminton players of the year.