French Open 2023: Apri/Fadia Stop Ana/Tiwi

Women's doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti qualified for the second round of the French Open 2023/INSTAGRAM

JAKARTA - women's doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti stopped their compatriot Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi in the first round of the French Open 2023.

Apri/Fadia won two straight games 21-16 and 21-18 to reach the second round of the BWF Super 750 level event at Glaz Arena, France, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 evening, western Indonesia time.

Ana/Tiwi's defeat made Indonesia now just have to hope for Apri/Fadia in the women's doubles sector.

"We and Ana/Tiwi are both collecting points for the Olympics but we have to meet in the first half. And we in the women's doubles are only two pairs," said Fadia after the match.

"In the match, we both know and we just got off the game again after missing Denmark Open. Especially for Apri, who just returned from injury, earlier trying to find a feel of compete again," he added.

This victory made Apri/Fadia cast their dominance over their colleagues at the national training camp (Pelatnas) to 2-0.

The only win before this also happened this year. That's when they met in the first round of the Hong Kong Open last September.

"We regret the draw here. In the near future, we have to meet Ana/Tiwi in the first half after the Hong Kong Open," said Apri.

"In the second game we were left behind, from there we tried to speed up the tempo of the game. In addition, Ana/Tiwi also made a lot of mistakes at the end of the game," he added.

The seventh seed was Indonesia's third representative who qualified for the second round. Before them, the men's doubles duo Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto had already obtained tickets.