Bisnis.comJAKARTA- Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti not stuck in Kapal Api group badminton event Indonesia Open 2023 after conquering the German representatives, Linda Elfer/Isabel Lohau.
In the match held at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta on Wednesday (6/14), the 2021 SEA Games Gold Medalist won with a score of 26-24, 21-15 over Linda/ Isabelle.
In this match, the Indonesia Masters 2022 runner-up confessed to losing focus at the end of the first match. Luckily for the setting, the world number six pair returned to their best form to excel in the opener with the score at 26-24.
“Thank God we are grateful to have won today’s game. In the first game, we had time to slow down the pace of the game and without realizing it, it made it difficult for us. We then communicated again to finally win the game,” Apriyani said.
The 2022 Singapore Open champion admitted he wasn’t nervous in this match. Both judged that they only lost focus in the first game, so they had to fix it with parameters.
After struggling in the first game, fortunately in the second game, the Malaysian Open 2022 champion was able to come back and finally won in 52 minutes.
“We didn’t feel nervous in this game. At the beginning we felt it, but at the end of the game we lowered the tempo so that the opponent could get up,” added Fadia.
With this result, Apriyani/Fadia will qualify for the top 16 of the Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open 2023. In the second round, the pair with the acronym Prifad will face the winner between Ridya Aulia Fatasya/Kelly Larissa (Indonesia) and Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu (Canada). .
So far from Apriyani/Fadia who have already passed, other women’s doubles such as Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari/Rachel Allessya Rose have also advanced to the second round.
Ana/Tiwi, the nickname of Febriana/Amalia, escaped after defeating the resistance of their compatriots, Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto with the score of 21-15, 21-18.
As for Rachel/Meilysa, they followed in the footsteps of their two elders after beating Malaysian women’s doubles Vivian Hoo/Lim Chiew Sien 21-18, 23-21.
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