Jakarta: Carolina Marin produced a brilliant display to defend her world badminton title on Sunday with a smooth progress to a 21-16 21-19 win over Saina Nehwal.
The Spaniard was brimming with confidence in the first game, pumping her fist and screaming in triumph.
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Odense: Two Danish mixed doubles pairs got off to a good start at the Yonex Denmark Open 2014 on Tuesday.
The mixed doubles pair of Mads Pieler Kolding and Kamilla Rytter Juhl survived a scare earlier Tuesday as they overcame the Indonesians pair Muhammad Rijal and Vita Marissa 21-17, 17-21 and 22-20 in 51 minutes.
KUALA LUMPUR: Home is where the heart is.
And Denmark’s mixed doubles pair of Christina Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen intend to bank on home advantage to clinch their first World Championships gold medal when the prestigious tournament is held in Copenhagen in August.
They are confident of doing well at home after shocking Olympic gold medallists Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei of China 21-10, 21-12 in the semi-finals of the Maybank Malaysian Open at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
