Denmark open 2014 jan o jorgensen biography
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Jørgensen opens world title bid with win
Jan Jørgensen, the dangerously improving world number three who should be at his best on home soil, outplayed Maxime Moreels of Belgium 21-15, 21-11 on the opening day of the Badminton World Championship in Copenhagen on Monday.
Two months ago the Dane won his first Super Series title and shortly before that beat Lin Dan, who has six more days as world champion. Jorgensen should meet Lee Chong-Wei in the semis, who began what is almost certainly his best chance of winning the world title with a routine win over Korean opponent Lee Dong Keun
The world number one from Malaysia's 21-11, 21-12 first round win over Lee contained a higher ratio of fast airborne attacks than usual in his superbly well varied game.
It is two months since Chong Wei last competed - a loss to Japan's Kenichi Tago in Indonesia - but there was no lack of match sharpness and no obvious evidence either of his per
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Jorgensen and Axelsen breach the Southeast Asian bastion
As Lee Young Dae addressed the gathering in Mandarin on the eve of the start of the Premier Badminton League (PBL), most of the players on the dais and the rest of the audience looked towards the interpreter seated in the front row for a helpful summation. Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, though, listened with rapt attention, giving occasional nods and smiles. "It's a useful language to know," the Dane admitted later, "It allows me to make more friends on the tour. Badminton is such a big sport in China; so I can use it for sponsorship purposes and other events."
The other advantage is that it sometimes offers him a drift of a Chinese opponent's tactics during a match - a coach hollering instructions to his player mid-game for instance - Axelsen smiles before saying, "It's not that I'm always listening but yes it does help me understand Chinese players better." He has one-one-sessions with his teacher in
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Jan Ø. Jørgensen
- 1949: Chan Kon Leong, Law Teik Hock, Lim Kee Fong, Ong Poh Lim, Ooi Teik Hock, Teoh Seng Khoon, Wong Peng Soon, Yeoh Teck Chye (MAL)
- 1952: Chan Kon Leong, Ismail Marjan, Ong Poh Lim, Ooi Teik Hock, Abdullah Piruz, Wong Peng Soon (MAL)
- 1955: Eddy Choong, Lim Kee Fong, Ong Poh Lim, Ooi Teik Hock, Tan Jin Eong, Wong Peng Soon (MAL)
- 1958: Lie Po Djian, Njoo Kiem Bie, Olich Solichin, Ferry Sonneville, Tan Joe Hok, Tan King Gwan, Eddy Yusuf (INA)
- 1961: Lie Po Djian, Njoo Kiem Bie, Ferry Sonneville, Tan Joe Hok, Tan King Gwan, Eddy Yusuf (INA)
- 1964: Ang Tjin Siang, Tutang Djamaludin, Ferry Sonneville, Tan Joe Hok, Tan King Gwan, Abdul Patah Unang (INA)
- 1967: Omar Manaf, Billy Ng, Ng Boon Bee, Tan Aik Huang, Tan Yee Khan, Teh Kew San, Yew Cheng Hoe (MAS)
- 1970: Darmadi, Indra Gunawan, Rudy Hartono, Indratno, Minjarti, Muljadi (INA)
- 1973: Ade Chandra, Indra Gunawan, Christian Hadinata, Rudy Hartono, Muljadi, Amril Nurman, Tjun Tjun (INA)
- 1976: Ade Chandra, Chri