Badminton News: Indonesia’s new professional mixed doubles pair, Praveen Jordan / Serena Kani, got off to a good start in the Canada Open World Tour Super 500 tournament after successfully defeating Israel’s representatives, Misha Zilberman / Svetlana Zilberman in the round of 16.
Occupying the seventh seed, Praveen/Serena successfully defeated Misha Zilberman/Svetlana Zilberman in two consecutive matches with identical scores 21-17 and 21-17, in a match held at the Markin MacPhail Centre, Calgary Canada Thursday (4/7) morning WIB.
Next, in the round of 16 of the Canadian Open 2024 on Friday (5/7) WIB, Praveen/Serena will face the representatives of the United States, Joshua Tuan/Audrey Chang, who in the previous match managed to bring home mixed doubles. from host Canada, Austin Mao / Catherine Yunyi Pang, two fairly easy straight matches with scores of 21-15 and 21-6 in just 17 minutes.
The 2024 Canadian Open will be Praveen/Serena’s first duo tournament after missing the US Open World Tour Super 300 tournament last week due to visa issues.
The only Red and White representatives who left for the United States, Praveen Jordan/Serena Kani, decided this week to withdraw from the US Open World Tour Super 300 competition because Praveen Jordan’s visa was refused by local authorities.
This was stated directly by Serena, who said that applying for a new visa would not be enough to be able to travel to the United States. They therefore decided to withdraw from the tournament, whose total prize pool was 210,000 USD, or approximately 3.3 billion. rupee.
“Jordan’s US visa was rejected. Then we finally reapplied and finally it was approved. But since we had to wait for the visa, which takes 2-4 days, we just received a new notification . “You can take it today. “, Serena said at Djarum Badminton, Tuesday (25/6).
“So, we don’t think we are in a hurry. The match has already started, but the journey is also long,” Serena added.
Article Tag: Praveen Jordan, Serena Kani, Canadian Open 2024
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