The Danish men's doubles team of Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard is ready for the final of the Super 500 tournament, Malaysia Masters.
In Saturday's semi-final, Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard won 21-19, 21-17 against Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap from Malaysia.
In the first set, the Danes took a 5-1 lead, but Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap restored parity at 7-7 and also took an 8-7 lead.
The Danes, however, recovered and took a 16-13 lead and a little later 20-17, but were about to throw the lead and three set points away. Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap reduced the deficit to 19-20 before the Danes won the opening set.
In the second set, it looked as if the match was headed for a third set as Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap enjoyed the lead for most of the set.
The Malaysians took the lead 10-6, but the Danes regained contact at 11-11. Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap then edged ahead 14-11, but the Danes did not give up and tied the game at 15-15.
From then on, the Danes did not look back and punished several mistakes from their opponents in the final phase to claim the semi-final win.