We hope to win a medal in Thomas Cup: Jorgensen

Denmark will be without the services of retired great Peter Gade and injured doubles specialist Mathias Boe but star shuttler Jan Jorgensen is confident that his team has enough firepower to win a medal at the Thomas Cup which gets underway at the Siri Fort Complex here tomorrow.
"Peter (who retired in 2012) has been at top of the world for 15 years. What he has done for badminton in general and for Denmark is phenomenal. He has been an inspiration for all of us. So he not being here is a blow," Jorgensen told PTI.
"The injury to Mathias Boe is a big loss. He went to surgery yesterday for a hernia operation. But then I still think we have a very good team and good reserve players to fill in and go further in the tournament. We need some luck and we hope to get a medal here.

"Hans and Victor have also done well, they have both broken into top 20. Things are looking up for Danish men's singles. We are progressing all the time," he added.
Talking about the preparation, the current World No. 3 said, "The preparations have been really good. "We want to get to the quarterfinals and hope for a good draw in the knockout stage.
"It is tough to face Japan in the group stage. We hope to beat Hong Kong and England and play the final game against Japan. It is going to be tight. But we want to do so much here and hope to win a medal this year."

Jorgensen said he has got good memories of Thomas Cup and he is looking forward to his new role of being a senior player in the team.
"I am looking forward to the responsibility. I played first in 2008, I was young and inexperienced then. So leading the team is a new role. It is the biggest tournament for us. We want to take a medal from here," said the reigning European Champion.