Denmark Open 2023 Results: Bagas/Fikri Must Be Satisfied With Accepting Runner Up Status After Defeated By Malaysian Representatives

Men's doubles Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles Bagus Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri must receive an runner-up title at the Denmark Open 2023. The result came after they lost to Malaysian representatives in the final. Taking place on Sunday, October 22 at Jyske Bank Arena, Odense final Denmark Open 2023 brings together representatives of Indonesia with Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik. After struggling through two straight games, Bagas/Fikri closed the match with defeats 13-21 and 17-21. Since the beginning of the first game, Bagas/Fikri have been troubled by Aaron/Soh's four-point performance and further widened the distance to 6-4 over Indonesia. The distance is also getting further before the interval until the Malaysian pair finally gains 11-6 safe points in the first interval. After the break, Bagas/Fikri's efforts to catch up are still passionate. In fact, it was not easy to face the fifth seed because Aaron/Sih continued to stay away, the mistakes Bagas/Fikri still often made also made an advantage for the opponent who finally won 21-13. In the second game Bagas/Fikri started the struggle to turn things around well. The Indonesian men's doubles immediately took the 5-3 lead. The advantage did not last long because Aaron/Soh could actually win six consecutive points to turn around to lead 10-5. Bagas/Fikri had won a point to reduce the gap to 6-10. However, Aaron/Soh was again able to win an additional point to lead 11-6 in the second game interval. After Interval, Bagas/Fikri can reduce the distance of points to 10-14. Hard efforts to catch points were also made but Aaron/Soh were difficult to stop to keep the lead to 19-14. The score had changed to 15-19 after Bagas/Fikri got the points. However, Aaron/Soh still could not be stopped from closing the second game with a score of 21-17 which automatically reliated Bagas/Fikri's hopes of becoming champions.