Denmark Open 2023, Indonesian Badminton Team Event Pays Failure At The 2023 Asian Games

The Indonesian badminton team will appear at the Denmark Open 2023. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - A total of 16 Indonesian representatives will fight in the Denmark Open 2023 badminton tournament which will start today, Tuesday, October 17. The players are claimed to be in a combat-ready condition.

Head of the Development and Achievement Division of the Central Board of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PP PBSI) Rionny Mainaky ensured that the very tight match schedule would not be a problem for his team.

"The condition of the team is all fit and well. They are used to this busy schedule, so yesterday after returning from the Asian Games, they immediately focused on practicing, improving weaknesses," he said.

Riony added that the Denmark Open 2023 will be a means of retaliation after a total failure at the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games some time ago. He also hopes that Jonatan Christie and his friends will appear with a burning spirit.

"This is their chance to play even better. I hope they can return to compete with the fire of fighting spirit that is encouraging, all out, and willing to win," said Rionny, as reported by Antara.

Meanwhile, the women's singles badminton player, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, is optimistic that she can record better results than the previous performance. He admitted that the defeat at the Asian Games was a bad memory for him.

Therefore, he was motivated to make up for his mistakes when appearing in the BWF Super 750 category tournament at Odense.

"Hopefully yesterday's defeat could be a motivation on this tour, because yesterday's defeat at the Asian Games was quite tough for me so I wanted to be able to forget about it and have a better target," concluded Gregoria.

The Indonesian badminton national team arrived in Odense, Denmark, on Sunday afternoon and immediately underwent its first training session three hours after arrival.

Rionny even directly led the 60-minute training process at Jyske Bank Arena. The focus of the training, which is dominated by the three-on-three format, is to restore conditions after a long journey from Jakarta, as well as improve concentration and feeling of blows.