On paper, Tine Rasmussen the home crowd favorite will have an easy time against unseeded Wang Lin in the Denmark Open 2008 semi finals match.

The matches between both of them have been close but with home ground advantage, all was pointing to a Tine Rasmussen victory.

To my surprised, Rasmussen started the match very slowly making numerous simple errors while Wang Lin of China was a steady girl out there. The Chinese current junior world champion took the first set with a 21-17 victory.

In the second set, Tine Rasmussen started the match on a more aggressively note. She attacked Wang Lin on all occassion and her tactics worked. She won with a score of 21-13.

In the third set, Rasmussen continued with her aggressive game and did well to get to a 18-13 lead and after that her game crumbled. Wang Lin capitalised and won 21-18 to progress to the finals.

Enjoy the Wang Lin vs Tine Rasmussen Video below. More matches of the Denmark Open 2008 will be up! Stay tune.

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