“Indonesian Reps Advance to Semifinals in Badminton Asia Championships 2023 in Dubai”

Dubai –

Two representatives of Indonesia to the semifinals Badmintons Asia Championship 2023. Doubles Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting who advanced.

Indonesia was originally supposed to send nine representatives to the semifinals of the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships. However, many fell to the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday (28/4/2023).

In Court 1, three Indonesian doubles had to fall. After the mixed doubles of Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva were eliminated by Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong, the men’s doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto were knocked out by the Malaysian doubles, Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi, and Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan who were defeated by the Indian representative Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Setty.

Then from Court 2, two Indonesian doubles also fell again. There was the pair Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari who were kicked out by Goh Soon Huat / Lai Shevon Jamie from Malaysia, the men’s doubles Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Bagas Maulana also lifted the suitcase from the Japanese doubles Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi.

Only one made it to the semifinals from Court 2. Doubles Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja advanced to the last four after being able to overthrow the Indian pair, Rohan Kapoor/Reddy Sikki.

Finally from Court 3, two Indonesian numbers also fell. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung was eliminated by China’s seed, Chen Yu Fei, and women’s doubles Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi were defeated by Thai representatives, JongkolphanKititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai. One semifinal ticket could then be won again from the men’s singles, when Anthony Ginting defeated Li Shi Feng from China.

Two representatives of Indonesia who advanced to the semifinals Badmintons Asia Championship 2023 will compete on Saturday (29/4/2023). Ginting will face Japan’s singles, Kanta Tsuneyama, while Dejan/Gloria will be challenged by Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin from China.

Results Badmintons Asia Championship 2023

[XD] Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti vs Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong 11-21, 17-21

[MD] Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi 20-22, 15-21

[MD] Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty. 11-21, 12-21

Court 2
[XD] Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari vs Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai 17-21, 21-15, 19-21

[XD] Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja vs Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy 21-18, 19-21, 21-15

[MD] Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana vs Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi 14-21, 17-21

Court 3
[WD] Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi vs Jongkolphan Kitiharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai 16-21, 21-18, 17-21

[WS] Gregoria Mariska Tunjung vs. Chen Yufei 10-21, 21-19, 13-21

[MS] Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Li Shifeng 10-21, 23-21, 26-24

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(then/mrp)