Jakarta –
Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto sorry for failing to donate a medal Asian Games 2023. They hope to be able to return to their proper track.
Compete at Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China, on Thursday (5/10/2023), Fajar/Rian lost in two straight games 19-21, 18-21 to the Taiwanese pair Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin.
This defeat meant that Fajar/Rian, who won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, failed to contribute a medal in this edition. They also apologized to all Indonesian people.
“We apologize to the Indonesian people for not being able to give medals to Indonesia,” said Rian in a written statement from PBSI.
“Hopefully in the future we can be even better and hopefully we can slowly get back on track,” he continued.
Fajar/Rian admit that they are in a difficult period. They have not recovered from their downturn since becoming champions of All England 2023. Their performance in international tournaments tends to be inconsistent.
“Every player definitely has pressure to achieve better. Maybe maintaining is more difficult than getting, so in this position we have to be more patient and work harder,” said Fajar.
“We ask for the support of all parties, hopefully the difficult situation we are experiencing will not last long and we can recover quickly. We can find our self-confidence again,” stressed Fajar.
Indonesia still has two representatives remaining in badminton who will compete this afternoon in the quarter-finals. Namely, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting will face the host representatives, Li Shi Feng and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung who will meet Japanese representative Aya Ohori.
(mcy/aff)
2023-10-05 04:05:15
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