WARTAKOTALIVE.COM, JAKARTA – The 2023 All England world badminton tournament enters the final round or final today, Sunday (19/3/2023).
The All England 2023 final will be held at Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, on Sunday (19/3/2023) starting at 17.00 WIB broadcast live on iNews TV and live streaming on rctiplus.com.
There are five matches in the All England 2023 final, two of which are representatives from Indonesia.
Two Indonesian teams that qualified for the final round were Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan.
The two Red and White men’s doubles pairs will meet to win the title at this year’s All England.
The meeting between Fajar/Rian and Ahsan/Hendra made the All Indonesian Final.
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Whoever wins that round will ensure that Indonesia will win the 2023 All England title in the men’s doubles sector.
Ahsan/Hendra qualified for the All England 2023 final after defeating Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang (China) in the semifinals, Saturday (18/03/2023) night with a score of 21-15, 19-21, and 29-27.
The Daddies, nicknamed Ahsan/Hendra, had to work hard and go through dramatic matches to beat Liang/Wang, especially in the third game.
Meanwhile, Fajar/Rian advanced to the top round after beating another Chinese representative, He Jiting/Zhou Hao Dong, with a score of 21-19 and 21-17.
In the final round, Fajar/Rian will be more favored, because of their status as the first seeds of the tournament.
However, Fajar/Rian (world number one) will not easily beat Ahsan/Hendra.
From the data against Ahsan/Hendra, Fajar/Rian are still 2-3 behind in head to head.
Fajar/Rian lost to Ahsan/Hendra with a score of 21-23, 21-12, and 16-21 in the semifinals of the 2022 World Championship.
