TOKYO – Indonesia’s flagship men’s doubles pair, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan will meet Taiwan representatives, Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin in the badminton semifinals Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In dealing with Lee/Wang, Ahsan/Hendra also admitted that they already had the right strategy to overthrow the pair.
One strategy is to take over the game early in the game. According to Hendra’s explanation, he and Ahsan had to play well since the first game.
Hendra felt that he could not lose starting from Lee / Wang. Because if Lee/Wang manages to take over the game first, then Ahsan/Hendra will find it difficult to catch up.
So, Hendra feels that careful preparation is very important. In addition to preparation, strong mentality is also considered by Hendra to be very important.
Because the longer the opponents faced the stronger. Moreover, there will be much heavier pressure because now they have played in the semifinals of the badminton sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
“For tomorrow, we have to be more prepared, more courageous because the opponent is also getting tougher. We have to start from the beginning, we can’t lose the start,” explained Hendra, as reported by PBSI, Thursday (29/7/2021).
In line with Hendra, Ahsan also believes that proper preparation will be the key to their success in winning against Lee/Wang. Ahsan also said that he and Hendra are currently focused on facing Lee/Wang and do not want to think about medals.
