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Few Danish badminton fans have forgotten how Peter Gade was surprisingly sent out of last year's Masters by Dicky Palyama from Holland. And that meant, that the crowd expected a lot from today's rematch between the two players. From the beginning both players seemed eager to prove themselves. In the first game it looked like it was going to be a close match. Gade seemed at bit shaky in the begginning, but soon enough he gained his focus and showed everyone why last year's defeat was a exception from the rule. He managed to close the set before it became to exciting with the scores 21-17. In the second game, Peter Gade seemed invincible. Right from the start he was determined not to let Palyama stop him this year and without hesitation, he won the set convincingly 21-8. -Of course I wanted revenge, and I have beaten Dicky maybe 25 times and only lost twice, so I knew it was possibly. Today I wanted to see if I could play with the same variation and speed as I normally do, and in some parts of the game I was able to that. In the beginning I struggled a bit to keep my rythm, but in the second set I played really well, so it was nice to feel that I am getting closer to my A-game, Peter Gade says. That means that Peter Gade is once again a finalist in Copenhagen Masters. His opponent for tomorrow is yet to be found, as Boonsak Ponsana and Hans-Kristian Vittinghus play the last match in the other group later this evening. -It's been a hard year, and I am really happy to be able to end the year by reaching the final here at Masters. Maybe I'll win maybe I won't, but no matter what it's a good experience to play the finals tomorrow in front of my homecrowd, Gade says. |