Nozomi Okuhara clinches Women`s Singles title at Denmark Open:
Former Japanese World Champion Nozomi Okuhara clinched the Denmark Open title in Badminton, defeating three-time women`s singles world champion Carolina Marin.
Highlights:
♦ The Japanese star took 56 minutes to get the better of the Olympic gold medallist Spaniard in two games 21-19, 21-17, at Odense.
♦ With reigning world champion PV Sindhu of India opting to sit out the event, two of her biggest rivals made it through to the final.
♦ In the men`s singles final, world number seven Anders Antonsen of Denmark defeated his compatriot Rasmus Gemke by 18-21, 21-19, 21-12.
♦ In the mixed doubles, fourth seeds Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich became the first German mixed doubles players to win a Super Series event after defeating Chris and Gabby Adcock of England in the final 18-21, 21-11, 21-14.
♦ In an all-Japan women`s doubles final, top seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota downed second seeds Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 21-10, 16-21, 21-18.
♦ Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge of England defeated Russian pair Valdimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov 20-22, 21-17, 21-18, becoming the first England pair to clinch the title of men`s doubles in the Denmark Open for 45 years.
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