To the delight of the home crowd,
local hero Jesper Bank won his first career Swedish
Match Tour event when he captured the 9th annual
Danish Open.
Bank and crew Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen,
Mike Mottl and Jan Schoepe of United Internet Team
Germany, defeated Gavin Brady (NZL), BMW Oracle
Racing, to win the championship, but they didn't
do it in the final.
Bank relied on the fortune of his undefeated first
day and a head-to-head victory over Brady in Flight
1, Match 3 last Thursday to secure the championship.
The first to 3 points series ended in a 2-2 tie
when the fifth and final flight was abandoned due
to lack of wind and the 4:00 p.m. time limit.
Bank won his final berth thanks to a hair's breadth
finish in the deciding fifth semifinal race against
Dean Barker's (NZL) Emirates Team New Zealand crew.
The race committee gave the margin as 20cm.
Barker's crew had to re-group from their morning
loss to face Jochen Schuemann's (GER) Alinghi crew
for 3rd and 4th place Petit Final. This went 2-1
to the Alinghi team.
In the sail-off for 5th and 6th, Henrik Jensen (DEN)
beat countryman Lars Nordbjaerg, 2-0. .
Final
Gavin Brady bat Jesper Bank
Jesper Bank bat Gavin Brady
Jesper Bank bat Gavin Brady
Gavin Brady bat Jesper Bank
Petit finale
Jochen Schuemann bat Dean Barker
Dean Barker bat Jochen Schuemann
Jochen Schuemann bat Dean Barker
(Schuemann gagne 2 à 1)
Places 5 to 6
Henrik Jensen bat Lars Nordbjaerg
Lars Nordbjaerg bat Henrik Jensen
Henrik Jensen bat Lars Nordbjaerg
(Jensen gagne 2 à 1)
