Quarter-finals For The Japan Open 2022: Indonesia Has Five Representatives

JAKARTA The Japanese Open 2022 badminton tournament is entering the quarter-finals today, Friday, August 2. Indonesia has five representatives to compete.

This Super 750 level event took place at the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Japan. The Indonesian women's doubles number sent the most representatives, namely as many as two pairs.

The two pairs are Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi.

Apri/Fadia faced a tough challenge. The reason is, the pair who won the 2022 SEA Games gold medal will meet China's first seed, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan

Meanwhile, Febriana/Amalia will meet Korean representatives, Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong. Febriana/Amalia qualified for the quarter-finals after eliminating the Danish pair, Maiken Furergaard/Sara Thygesen.

Then in the men's singles, women's singles, and men's doubles, each placing one representative in the top eight.

In the men's singles, the representative who passed was Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. He will face the representative host Kenta Nishimoto, who in the previous round got rid of Jonatan Christie.

As for the Indonesian women's singles, they still have Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. The 2017 junior world champion's struggle will be tough because he faces the fourth seed China, Chen Yufei.

In the men's doubles, the Indonesian representatives who qualified for the top eight were the men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto. The pair will also meet representatives of China, Liang Wei total/Wang Chang.