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For Kenneth, his “new” coach for this event made the fight even more exciting. “It’s very nice to have someone like Morten Frost on my side. I trust him very much as a coach and it is the first time he’s actually coaching me. With Thomas Stuer Lauridsen, things go very well also, so it’s really nice to be able to rely on some coaches like that. They support us and give us advices but at the end of the day, we make the decisions. “And in this tournament, so far, so good. I’m glad I performed well, but I still am not thinking of a success here. There are still some very good players around, and of course, I would like to see myself and Peter get into the final. It has been a long time I haven’t beaten Peter but if I lose to someone, I’d rather that it was to him, in the final,” said Jonassen. His partner Peter Gade ended the hopes of Ronald Susilo in the quarter final where the Singaporean played well but lacked a bit of extra energy on his legs to counter the Dane’s attack. The score was quite close – 21/19 – 21/16, but the Dane still felt he was in control of the match. “I was controlling the rallies, but I knew I would have to work very hard to get the first game when I was against the wind. Once this was done, I was very confident of winning and I may have let him catch back few points at the end, yet I knew I had to remain patient to take the right chance to close it up,” said Gade, hinting that he felt tired after all these tournaments back to back. Gade will play Bao in another appealing semi final, after the tall Chinese won against Malaysia’s Ismail Saman 21/11 – 21/11, still looking for the title he misses since his success in the 2004 Denmark Open.
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