The Danish stars can look forward to getting good resistance at the Copenhagen Masters. Top Players from both Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand have reported their arrival.

Indonesia plays in men's singles with Simon Santoso, who has previously shown some of his best games just in Denmark. At last year's Denmark Open, he beat Jan. Ø in the semifinals and won the tournament.

Markis Kido and Rian Sukmawan represent Indonesia in the men's doubles. To Kido, there is the possibility of a repeat of the finals at the Denmark Open, where he along with his usual partner Hendra Setiawan met world number one, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.

In women's singles the Indonesians Adriyanti Firdasari who played the first women's singles for Indonesia at this year's Asian Games.

Thailand in top form
Thailand also send their best players to this year's Masters. On the mens side, Jan Ø. and Peter Gade will play against Boonsak Ponsana who is number 6 in the world. And the Danes can count on getting a fight. Ponsana has just shown that he is in top form at the Asian Games where he beat world number one Lee Chong Wei in a team match between Thailand and Malaysia. 

On the women's side Thailand also is solid resistance to Tine Baun and the others. Here it is Salakjit Ponsana, who is running and can thus become an opportunity for a rematch between her and Tine Baun. Ponsana beat Tine Baun at this year's Denmark Open, so we will se some exciting women's singles.
Finally, you can also see the Thai mixed pair Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam who is number 4 in the world, will undoubtedly deliver an exquisite sight in battle against the couple Kamilla Juhl / Thomas Laybourn and Christinna Pedersen / JOachim Fischer and Indonesian Hendra Gunawan / Vita Marissa

Malaysia may surprise
Another Asian badminton nation, Malaysia, seem to want to meddle at the award ceremony. In men's singles we find Darren Liew, who just a few weeks back delivered a top performance on Danish soil.

Liew struck both Chinese Wang Zheng Ming and Dicky Palyama at Denmark Open last month. The  Dutchman, who is an old Masters identifications, also played Copenhagen Masters last year. He will try to repeat his stunning performance from last year when he surprisingly beat Peter Gade.

From Malaysia we will also see the world number 21 in men's doubles Tan Wee Kiong and Mak Hee Chun. The malaysian couple who were knocked out by Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen at the Denmark Open, is known for delivering live and entertaining matches.

Boonsak Ponsana from Thailand is one of the strong Asian men's singles. (Photo: Badminton Photo)