Skovshoved wins afbudsramt DM in badminton

Badmintonspillerne from Skovshoved was Saturday evening, strongest in the guldduellen against Pontypridd at the Final 4 event in Brøndby Hallen.

It was a sure win, since Skovshoved won 5-1 in holdkampen, which the game is played in a best of nine matches. This is the third time that the Skovshoved win team-DM.

Originally, was neither Skovshoved or Seattle have been in the finalestævnet. The teams ended as number five and six in the base game, but both the Count and Again told to cancel because of coronasituationen.

Pontypridd surprised by playing in the finals with a semifinalesejr over Wigan, but in Saturday's finale came Værløse-players from the start of the problems.

Two wins in the mixed doubles brought Skovshoved at 2-0, and a little after the won the Rasmus Gemke his men's singles of Rasmus Messerschmidt in two sets. So missing just two wins to close the finaleopgøret.

Julie Dawall Jakobsen had previously done for Pontypridd by winning her ladies ' against Sophia Grundtvig, but Skovshoveds Kati Tolmoff beat surprisingly Sofie Holmboe Dahl and took his second victory of the day. The first she took in the mixed doubles, with Carsten Mogensen.

It meant that Emil Holst in his last match for Skovshoved be able to secure the title, and he did so by defeating Mikkel Mikkelsen in two sets.

- It was super cool. A perfect ending we can well call it, says Holst to TV2 Sport after the victory.

Bronze went to southampton, who earlier Saturday won 5-3 over Manchester.

Final 4 is the first major badminton tournament in Denmark after coronapausen.

All the players were before the regatta tested for corona virus, and all tests were negative.

Last year won the Team Skælskør-Slagelse DM-gold with a cup of Greve.