The German badminton players almost feel like playing on home ground in Ballerup Super Arena. A big group of German supporters carried their compatriots Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler to victory in second round of the Men’s Doubles.
These days, you see more and more German badminton players interfering with the world top players in badminton. Wednesday morning, day 3 in Li-Ning BWF World Badminton Championships, the double Michael Fuchs/Johannes Schoettler made their way through to third round with a win against 16th seed Maneepong Jongjit and Nipitphon Puangpuapech from Thailand, 21-19, 19-21, 21-15.
- Before the match I thought, that we definitely had a good chance, if we played our best. They were the favourites and seeded, but we have never played them before, so I was up for a 40-60 chance, Michael Fuchs told.
- I think, there is a big German crowd here and it’s great for us. They supported us very well throughout the whole match, and it’s really great fun to play in front of your own “home crowd”, the German player said with a big smile on his face.
Confident before possible clash with Danes
The German is full of confident before next round - even though it might seem, that they are playing against 3th seed Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen - a real pair of home ground players,
- If we play well, I think, we can beat quite a lot of pairs, so lets see how far we can go, Michael Fuchs said.
German women's double almost surprised
German Birgit Michels and Johanna Goliszewski were also playing one of the first matches Wednesday in Ballerup Super Arena, but after more than one hour of play they lost a close match against their 12th seed opponents also from Thailand, 22-20, 19-21, 14-21.
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