Japan Open 2024: Gregoria said there were no Olympic rivals

Jakarta –

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung is preparing to appear at the 2024 Japan Open, with several of his rivals at the 2024 Olympics absent, including An Se Young.

The 2024 Japan Open tournament will be held from August 20-25, 2024. Gregoria, who previously won a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, is currently targeting the BWF 750 level tournament.

He continued even though several of his competitors decided to withdraw from the competition after the July 26-August 11 Olympics.

According to the BWF software tournament, it has been confirmed that seven women’s singles have been withdrawn. Five of them are badminton players who have just appeared in Paris.

Gold medalist An Se Young, silver medalist He Bing Jiao, semifinalists Carolina Marin, and Chen Yu Fei (China), as well as Pusarla V. Shindu (India), who will miss the Open Japan 2024.

The withdrawal of several players who were his rivals at the 2024 Olympics, including An Se Young, did not make a difference. Gregor arrogant He remains vigilant as he hopes to give maximum effort and results.

“I hope so, but there are still a few key players who have dropped out. I haven’t seen the picture so I hope whatever the results are, it will be as good,” said Gregoria at the PBSI National Training Center, when asked by reporters about his chances without An Se Young.

“I also want to try to forget the euphoria because yesterday I won Olympic bronze. I want a new challenge. I’m afraid because yesterday the time was good but I was off and I went down to- again.”

“Hopefully with that I can take advantage of yesterday’s performance and be more confident at the Japan Open and maybe the next tournaments,” Gregoria said.

At the 2024 Japan Open, Gregor fourth seed. His first match will be in the round of 32 by playing Hong Kong representative Lo Sin Yan Happy.

Meanwhile, Tai Tzu Ying has taken over as the first seed, followed by Akane Yamaguchi (2), Wang Zhi Yi (3), Han Yue (5), Aya Ohori (6), Beiwen Zhang (7 ), and Nozomi Okuhara (8 ).

(mcy/krs)