Tanvi Sharma faces An Se-young in Denmark Open last eight

Tanvi Sharma will face world No. 1 An Se-young in the Denmark Open women’s singles quarterfinals in Odense on Friday, 16 October. This will be their first career meeting, with the match expected to start at 8.20pm IST.

Sharma reached the last eight with a 21-17, 21-19 win over Germany’s Yvonne Li. An advanced after beating L. Christophersen 21-17, 21-9 and is bidding to win the Denmark Open for a second consecutive time.

A first meeting in Odense

The quarterfinal brings together two players who have not previously met in their careers. For Sharma, the match follows a straight-games victory in which Li kept both games close; for An, it is the next step in her pursuit of another title at the Denmark Open Super 750.

Sharma’s win over Li was decided by four points in the opening game and two in the second. An also took her previous match in straight games, winning the first 21-17 before closing out the second 21-9.

The match is expected to start at 8.20pm IST on Friday in Odense, Denmark.

How to follow the quarterfinal

Fans in India can watch Sharma against An on the BWF’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV. The Denmark Open is not being shown live on any television channel in India, according to the viewing information provided for the match.

What comes next

Friday’s contest will determine which of Sharma and An moves beyond the women’s singles quarterfinals. Sharma is coming off her win over Li, while An enters the meeting with the prospect of defending her Denmark Open title still alive.

Another Denmark Open quarterfinal on Friday features Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand against Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan. That match is expected at 5pm IST, ahead of the anticipated start of Sharma’s first encounter with An.