Momota wins title
World No 1 Kento Momota downs fourth seed Chou Tien Chen to win the men's singles crown, his first-ever title at the Denmark Open. After stuttering in the second game, the left-handed shuttler managed to get his mojo back to register a 22-20, 16-21, 21-15 win.
11 - This is Tai Tzu Ying's ELEVENTH consecutive win against Saina Nehwal (18th meeting), no other player has lost more consecutive matches vs Tzu Ying. Easy.#DenmarkOpenSuper750
— Badminton Talk (@BadmintonTalk) October 21, 2018
Our girl Saina Nehwal on the victory podium with the Silver medal.
— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 21, 2018
Full marks for the effort today. More power to you. #DenmarkOpenSuper750 pic.twitter.com/Xb57tTMKG6
Tai Tzu Ying is a deserving champion #DenmarkOpen. But so proud of you @NSaina for the way you fought in this tournament and for taking a game from TTY in the final. Your grit and courage are there for all to see. Proud to support you @OGQ_India. You inspire everyone
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) October 21, 2018
Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lost his men's singles semi-final match to Kento Momota of Japan while Saina Nehwal entered the women's singles final of the Denmark Open on Saturday.
Second seed Momota took 42 minutes to outplay the seventh seed Indian shuttler 21-16, 21-12 in straight games to advance while Saina got the better of Gregoria Mariska Tunjunng of Indonesia 21-11 21-12 in a lop-sided affair which lasted 49 minutes.
It was a cake walk for Saina as she hardly broke a sweat to beat her opponent.
Srikanth struggled from the start and failed to find his rhythm which cost him the match.
Earlier, late on Friday night, Saina Nehwal and Srikanth entered the semi-finals of the Denmark Open but were made to sweat en route by Nozomi Okuhara and Sameer Verma respectively.
Saina came back from a game down to beat familiar foe and world number seven Okuhura of Japan 17-21, 21-16, 21-12 in the quarter-final lasting 58 minutes on Friday night.
On the other hand, Srikanth too had to grind it out against countryman Verma with little separating the two in the men's singles last-eight clash.
In the end, Srikanth prevailed over the 23rd ranked Indian in an epic battle lasting an hour and 18 minutes with the final scoreline reading 22-20, 19-21, 23-21.
Verma had the upper hand for major parts of the third and deciding game where he even had a 17-13 lead before Srikanth roared back to eke out the triumph.
In the women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost to top seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the quarter-finals.
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