From 10 to 15 October 2023, the Clash of Clans Arctic Open 2023 powered by YONEX took place in Vantaa, Finland.
Let's take a look back at this super500 tournament, where we meet up with some of the players who came through the Orléans Masters Badminton!
Quarter-finals : Men’s singles: Compatriot Malaysian match between Jun Hao LEONG and Zii Jia LEE. Zii Jia LEE came out on top after Jun Hao LEONG withdrew in the 3rd set: 21-16/21-19/11-7 Withdrawal.
Match between Anders ANTONSEN and Koki WATANABE, the 2 players were present at this year's OMB presented by VICTOR. The Dane won in 3 sets 21-9/22-24/21-14.
Tze Yong NG made it through to the semi-finals, qualifying 21-11/21-18 against China's Guang Zu LU.
Japan's Kanta TSUNEYAMA, present at the OMB presented by VICTOR 2023, qualified by eliminating China's Lan Xi LEI 21-19/21-12.
Women’s singles : Number 1 seed Tzu Ying TAI lost in 2 sets to Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG: 21-19/23-21.
China's Yue HAN, seeded number 3, qualified in 3 sets for the semi-finals 21-11/13-21/21-18 against Denmark's Mia BLICHFELDT.
A very close match between India's V. Sindhu PUSARLA and the Vietnamese Thuy Linh NGUYEN. The Indian won 20-22/22-20/21-18.
China's Zhi Yi WANG easily beat Denmark's Line Hojmark KJAERSFELDT 21-17/21-11.
Men’s doubles: The Indonesian pair AHSAN / SETIAWAN won in 3 sets against the Czechs KRAL / MENDREK: 21-10/19-21/21-10.
The Danish pair ASTRUP / RASMUSSEN beat the pair LEE / WANG: 22-20/10-21/21-19.
Another Danish pair qualified for the semi-finals, KJAER / SOGAARD also won in 3 sets 16-21/21-19/21-14 against the pair ONG / TEO.
The MAN / TEE pair qualified for the semi-finals after beating the Indonesian KUSUMAWARDANA / RAMBITAN in 2 sets 22-20/21-18.
Women’s doubles : Japan's MATSUMOTO / NAGAHARA are through to the semi-finals after beating China's LI / LUO 21-18/21-13.
The Chinese LIU / TAN dominated and won against the pair AIMSAARD / AIMSAARD in 2 sets 21-19/21-19.
The Japanese pair IWANAGA / NAKANISHI qualified for the semi-finals in 2 sets against the pair LEE / TENG: 24-22/21-16.
Unfortunately, the French pair LAMBERT / TRAN, who will be taking part in the OMB presented by VICTOR in 2023, lost to the pair KITITHARAKUL / PRAJONGJAI: 21-17/21-17.
Mixed doubles : The Chinese pair FENG / HUANG beat the Vietnamese pair LEE / NG in 2 sets: 21-7/21-19.
MIDORIKAWA and SAITO won in 3 sets against CHENG and CHEN: 21-13/16-21/21-18.
The Chinese duo JIANG / WEI qualify for the semi-finals following a victory over the Danish duo CHRISTIANSEN / BOJE on a withdrawal: 19-21/21-14 Retired.
The pair CHEN / TOH, winners of the OMB presented by VICTOR 2023, continued their run by eliminating the pair PUAVARANUKROH / TAERATTANACHAI: 21-14/21-17.
Semi-finals : Men’s singles : Denmark's Anders ANTONSEN withdraws from this semi-final. Zii Jia LEE wins 21-17/13-8.
Tze Yong NG won in 2 sets against Kanta TSUNEYAMA: 21-12/21-16.
Women’s singles : China's Yue HAN qualified for the final in 2 tight sets 24-22/21-19 against Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG.
Zhi Yi WANG qualified for the final by beating V. Sindhu PUSARLA in 3 sets: 21-12/11-21/21-7.
Men’s doubles : It was the end of the road for Indonesia's two representatives, as AHSAN and SETIAWAN lost in 2 sets to Denmark's ASTRUP and RASMUSSEN, who qualify for the final! (21-19/21-12).
The Malaysian pair MAN / TEE won in 3 sets 19-21-19/21-19 against the Danish pair KJAER / SOGAARD.
Women’s doubles : China's LIU / TAN won 21-18/21-16 against the Japanese pair MATSUMOTO / NAGAHARA.
On to the final for KITITHARAKUL and PRAJONGJAI. They beat the pair IWANAGA / NAKANISHI (21-15/21-14).
Mixed doubles : The Chinese pair of FENG and HUANG easily eliminated the Japanese pair of MIDORIKAWA and SAITO 21-15/21-9.
The last winners of the OMB presented by VICTOR 2023 CHEN and TOH were eliminated by the Chinese pair JIANG and WEI in 3 sets: 17-21/21-13/21-14
Finals : Men’s singles : In this 100% Malaysian final, Zii Jia LEE won 21-14/21-15 against Tze Yong NG.
Women’s singles : In the women's final, Yue HAN won 16-21/22-20/21-12 against Zhi Yi WANG.
Men’s doubles : The title for the Danish. ASTRUP and RASMUSSEN won the final against the Malaysians MAN and TEE 21-18/21-17.
Women’s doubles : Another final won by a Chinese pair. In the women's doubles final, LIU / TAN beat KITITHARAKUL / PRAJONGJAI 21-13/24-22.
Mixed doubles : Between the two Chinese pairs, it was the number 1 seeds FENG and HUANG who beat JIANG and WEI 21-14/21-15.
We'll be back very soon to relive and follow the players who came to Orléans Masters Badminton during the Denmark Open 2023 presented by VICTOR (Super750 tournament), which starts today in Odense, Denmark.
