The multiple World Champion and former Olympic gold medalist in men's double, Chinese Fu Haifeng, is aiming for a win at Yonex Denmark Open along with new his new partner Zhang Nan. The Chinese defeated Indonesians Ahsan/Setiawan in the quarterfinal.
He is ranked among the best men's doubles players of all time and 31 years old Fu Haifeng of China have won several World Championships and a along with former partner Cai Yun. Now Fu plays with Zhang Nan and they defeated second seeded Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia 17-21 21-19 21-11 in the quarterfinal.
- I don't think that I played that well today. Every time we play against Indonesians it is always short rallies and the game only lasted for 40 minutes, says Fu Haifeng.
Though he won several of the biggest tournaments in badminton along side Cai Yun the Chinese super double never won Yonex Denmark Open. However, now he got the chance with new partner Zhang Nan
- I really want to win the championship, because me and my former partner (Cai Yun) we have won a lot of titles like the Olympic Games and the World Championships, but we have never won Denmark Open before, so this will be very special for me if I can win, says Fu Haifeng.
- I have already won the Olympic Championship, which means a lot to me. Now I explore new things in my career and the coaches also want me as a senior player to be partner with young players so that we can be complimentary each other, says Fu Haifeng.
Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan will play in the semifinals on saturday, while Cai Yun was eliminated by Ahsan/Setiawan in the second round.