As the number four seeds in Mixed Doubles, the Danes Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Bøje lost to Hee Yong Kai Terry/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (Singapore/Indonesia) 19-21, 21-15, 11-21 in the round of 16.
Matthias Christiansen said afterwards: “It feels terrible. They were very difficult to play against. I’m very disappointed with how we played in the third set – it was a total disaster.”
Terry Hee said: “Gloria was there for me, she’s the MVP. We regained our focus in the third set. Now we’re looking forward to the quarterfinals.”
The Mixed Doubles pair from China, seeded second, also failed to make it past the round of 16. The top seeds (also from China) had to withdraw from the tournament in Mülheim an der Ruhr at short notice.
Photo of Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Bøje: © Claudia Pauli