Jakarta –
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon swallowed defeat over Malaysian pair Aaron Chia/Soh Woii Yik in the badminton quarterfinals Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In the men’s doubles match at Court 2 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Thursday (29/7/2021) morning WIB, Kevin / Marcus bowed 14-21 and 17-21 to their opponent.
Kevin/Marcus lost early points and trailed 1-3 from the Malaysian pair in the match for the semifinal ticket Tokyo 2020 Olympics this. Indonesia’s flagship men’s doubles are still trailing, even though they are starting to step on the gas. Kevin/Marcus trailed 8-11 at the interval.
After the interval, Kevin/Marcus returned to the difficulty of adding points while silencing the opponent. In the end, the first gym belonged to Aaron Chia/Soh Woii Yik. Kevin/Marcus lost 14-21 in this gym, which lasted 13 minutes.
In the second game, the battle is relatively tougher even though The Minions are still under pressure from their opponents. Kevin/Marcus trailing 7-11 at the interval, trying to take the second game to equalise.
In an effort to catch up with the Malaysian pair, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo had time to slam the racket into the field. Interestingly, after that the Red and White pair managed to equalize the points to be the same 16.
Unfortunately, after that Kevin/Marcus were back in a left position after the opposing pair added four points in a row to get to match point. Aaron Chia/Soh Woii Yik lead 20-16.
Kevin/Marcus had added one point. But right after that Aaron Chia/Soh Woii Yik was able to close the game. Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, who became the first seed, stopped in the quarter-finals of Olympic badminton.
In the next men’s doubles, the Indonesian pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan faced the Japanese men’s doubles Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda in the quarterfinals match. Tokyo 2020 Olympics at 9.25 am.
In other badminton branches, today there are also the following parties involving representatives of Indonesia:
- 15.00 WIB Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu vs Du Yue/Li Yinhui (China) – Court 3
- 15.45 WIB Anthony Ginting vs Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) – Court 1
- 17.15 WIB Jonatan Christie vs Shi Yuqi (China)-Court 2
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