There are several interesting aspects to the upcoming 82nd Danish Championships this weekend.
The winners of the last six years Anders LIND and Jonathan GROTH are in Korea to play in the WTT championships. In their absence it seems to be a close race between Tobias RASMUSSEN Thor B. CHRISTENSEN and Martin Buch ANDERSEN who are also competing for the last place on the Olympic team which is qualified for the Olympics in Paris later this year. Alternatively could the legend Allan BENTSEN who has won 58 Danish championships outsmart the youngsters and win his ninth title in men’s singles?
Will it be the Bentsen family championship? Allan BENTSEN’S wife the former Croatian national player Eldijana BENTSEN won her Danish citizenship on the 9th of March and became eligible to play in the national championships. Both are seeded as number 1 in singles and also top-seeded in mixed doubles. The mixed doubles will be quite a family gathering. Besides the BENTSEN couple the number 6 seed is the Danish president Henrik VENDELBO and his 17-year-old daughter Emma. Number seven seeded are sister and brother Pernille and Jonas AGDERHOLM.
In men’s doubles Tobias RASMUSSEN and Martin Buch ANDERSEN are favorites to win the title as they did last year.
Sixteen-year-old Maja Helene HANSEN and seventeen-year-old Emma VENDELBO are top-seeded in women’s doubles.
Seventy-two players are participating in the 82nd Danish Championships in Fredericia.
