Future’s bright for young Danish pair despite end of fairy-tale run

The spoilers: England’s Marcus Ellis (right) and Chris Langridge ended the impressive run of unheralded Danish pair Joel Eipe-Rasmus Kjaer in the semi-finals of the Denmark Open. — Reuters

PETALING JAYA: Unheralded Joel Eipe-Rasmus Kjaer and Jeppe Bay-Lasse Molhede served up a doubles delight for the Danes despite falling by the wayside at the Denmark Open.

World No. 125 Eipe and Kjaer proved that they are the stars of the future although their fairy-tale run in the men’s doubles ended in the semi-finals in Odense yesterday.