Defending champion Joergensen eases into Copenhagen Masters final

 COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Danish title holder¹ and defending champion Jan Oe. Joergensen had no trouble whatsoever² beating Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in Thursday's men's singles semifinals of this year's badminton Copenhagen Masters.

Joergensen was totally superior from the very first rally and showed no signs of weakness throughout as he stormed into a two-set victory of 21-9, 21-11.

Prior to the match, Joergensen had talked about the instability of his Thai opponent, currently ranked 15th in the world, saying Ponsana had the ability both to perform admirably and almost not show up for his matches.

This was to be an almost sad demonstration³ of the latter as Ponsana was no way near the level of Jorgensen, currently world No. 11 in the world.

The match, played in Copenhagens Falconer Salen, lasted little more than half an hour. Joergensen raced into an early lead and never let go of his grip.

The 24-year-old Dane dominated play with powerful smashes and smart little dropshots. Meanwhile Ponsana made a number of unforced errors and was generally too passive and too easy to figure out for Jorgensen who won the first set comfortably 21-9.

Joergensen continued dominance in the second set and quickly took a 5-1 lead. The dane dictated⁴ play as he had done so far and he was even lucky with a ball which rolled on the net and landed on the Thai's court, making the score 8-3.

The Thai's serve was generally not long enough, allowing Joergensen to get on the offensive and thus in control. This earned the Dane quite a number of points and he controlled the rallies with great variation, going both long and short, cross court and long line, and creating a 15-6 lead. Ponsana looked very shaky and besides himself.

Only at 20-8 and match point did Joergensen show glimpses of nerves and actually missed three of them before finishing off Ponsana. The victory also gave Joergensen a 5-1 overall lead head to head against Ponsana.

Showing signs of superiority, even in speech, Joergensen said to reporters: "There wasn't too much fattening⁵ Christmas food in my legs today. Instead I had Thai food for dinner yesterday. It turned out to be a really good training match for me."

Joergensen will meet either compatriot Viktor Axelsen or Yun Hu of Hong Kong, China in the final.

Meanwhile, the reigning⁶ mixed doubles Copenhagen Masters champions of the last two years, Christinna Pedersen and Joakim Fischer, are on the road to making it three times in a row.

The Danish duo, who recently won the Super Series championship in China and took the bronze medal in this year's London Olympics, easily defeated Indonesian couple Shendy Puspa Irawati and Fran Kurniawan in straight sets 21-10, 21-12 in their semifinal on Thursday.

The third and last semifinal on Friday was a men's doubles encounter. Top ranked pair in the world, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, were up against Ricky Karanda Suwardi and Muhammed Ulinnuha of Indonesia.

The Danish pair are the defending Copenhagen Masters champions as well as winners of this year's China Open and Super Series. They also took silver medal in the London Olympics.

Needless to say, Boe and Mogensen were huge favorites against their young Indonesian opponents and were clear winners in straight sets, 21-5, 22-20.

This means that all three of Friday's finals will have Danish participation⁷.

1 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

3 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

4 dictated   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的过去式和过去分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• He dictated a letter to his secretary. 他向秘书口授信稿。
• No person of a strong character likes to be dictated to. 没有一个个性强的人愿受人使唤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

7 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。