Denmark Open: Aaron-Wooi Yik Dump Defending Champions, Early Exit For Letshanaa

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysian national men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik got their Denmark Open 2026 campaign off to a positive start by eliminating reigning champions Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan to march to the second round in Odense on Tuesday.

The fourth seeds and 2023 champions battled for 51 minutes to see off their opponents 21-19, 14-21, 21-11 in the Super 750 tournament at the Jyske Bank Arena.

Newly crowned Arctic Open 2026 champions Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King await the former 2022 world champions should their teammates get past South Korean duo Kang Min-hyuk-Lee Jong-min in their opening-round match later Wednesday.

Meanwhile, it was the end of the road for national women’s singles shuttler K. Letshanaa, who went down to home shuttler Line Christophersen 5-21, 18-21 in 32 minutes.

The Denmark Open 2026 offers a total prize pool of US$950,000 (about RM3.9 million).

-- BERNAMA