By Ossian Shine

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SINGAPORE, Jun 10 (Reuters) Peter Gade and Kenneth Jonassen were in sparkling form today and set up an all-Danish men's singles final at the five-star Aviva Open.

Top seed Gade proved too strong for China's Bao Chunlai, winning 21-15 16-21 21-17 in a little more than an hour.

''The closest I've got to winning the title was in 1999 but then I lost it to Indonesia's Hendrawan in the final,'' Gade said. ''But this time I feel it's going to be my year.'' Jonassen took 62 minutes, one minute less than his compatriot, to reach the title match by beating China's Chen Hong 25-23 19-21 21-16.

The women's singles final will also be an all-European affair, this time between a Dutchwoman and a Frenchwoman.

Mia Audina beat China's Lu Lan 21-8 19-21 23-21 in the first semi-final before France's Hongyan Pi defeated Bulgarian Petya Nedeltcheva 21-18 21-11.

English pair Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms won through to the mixed final with a 21-9 21-13 win over China's He Hanbin and Zhang Dan.

They will face Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir who needed only 17 minutes to beat fellow Indonesians Muhamad Rizal and Gresya Polii 21-13 21-10.

Tomorrow's women's doubles will be an all-Chinese clash as Yang Wi and Zhang Jiewen take on Zhang Dan and Zhao Tingting.

Indonesia's Flandy Limpele and Sigit Budiarto have a crack at the men's doubles title after beating England's Anthony Clark and Robert Blair in the semis.

They will face Danes Thomas Laybourn and Lars Paaske, conquerors of compatriots Jonas Rasmussen and Peter Steffensen today.

REUTERS PDS HT1832

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