PBSI Gives Alarm for Badminton Individual Numbers for the 2023 Asian Games

Men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie when appearing in the Asian Games 2023 Hangzhou team number (photo: PBSI dock

JAKARTA –  The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) has warned that the performance of the badminton team in the individual numbers at the 2023 Asian Games will not decline like the team numbers.

The reason is that the men's and women's team teams did not achieve satisfactory results in this four-yearly event. Both of them were immediately eliminated in the quarter-finals painfully.

The men's team went home after recognizing South Korea's 3-1 lead. Meanwhile, the women's team's journey stopped after being beaten by hosts China with a landslide score of 3-0.

Head of PBSI's Development and Achievement Division, Rionny Mainaky, said the results were far from expectations. He said that the most unfortunate thing was the men's team, which on paper had a chance of reaching the semifinals.

"Of course, we are not satisfied with this result, but I immediately asked the children to use this as a big lesson and motivation so that it doesn't happen again in the individual events later," he said.

In the men's team, Indonesia actually took the lead through the men's singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. However, the other three representatives after that had to acknowledge the superiority of their opponents.

Rionny said that the men's doubles defeat by Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the second match actually made the Indonesian representatives who followed appear under pressure. For this reason, he hopes that in the individual numbers, the same problem will not be repeated.

"There are still individual numbers to be competed in. The focus of the coaching team and I are now on how to restore their mood, enthusiasm and self-confidence. We want them not to be down for too long, get up and be ready again," he said.

"In the remaining two days, we will maximize training. Improving both technical and non-technical matters. Especially how to overcome negligence, doubts that suddenly arise due to several times making our own mistakes. Looking for solutions on how to quickly return to focus and confidence, he added.

The Indonesian badminton team's struggle at the 2023 Asian Games is not completely over. There are still individual numbers that will be competed from October 2-7.