The Composition Of The Vice-Indonesian Match At The 2022 Hylo Open Semifinals: Rehan/Lisa Have Great Opportunities

JAKARTA - The Hylo Open 2022 badminton tournament has entered the semifinals, Saturday, November 5. There are three Indonesian representatives who will fight towards the top of the party.

The mixed doubles Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati have a greater chance than the other two Red and White representatives. They are scheduled to meet French representatives, Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue.

Although the opponent is the second seed, Rehan/Lisa have strong enough capital to win the match later. The Indonesian pair were armed with the victory from the last meeting at the French Open quarter-finals last week.

Ranked, Rehan/Lisa are indeed far adrift of Thom/Delphine. However, Rehan/Lisa, who are perched in 26th position in the world, have recorded a 2-0 meeting score over the French seventh-ranked mixed doubles.

"To appear in the semifinals we have quite good capital. Previously at the French Open we also fought them and were able to overcome it," said Rehan in a written statement released by PBSI, as quoted from Antara, Saturday, November 5.

"For the match later we want to play without a burden. In addition, we will play all out. Also the strategy from the start immediately pressed so that their game does not develop," he continued.

Apart from Rehan/Lisa, Indonesia also hopes that Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung will meet. These two Indonesian singles players meet an opponent who is not easy.

Ginting will try to avenge Jonatan Christie's defeat which was defeated by Indian badminton player Srikanth Kidambi in the quarter-finals, Friday. So far, the fifth seed has bagged a 3-2 advantage over Srikanth including at the last meeting at All England 2022, March.

Meanwhile, Gregoria will meet Chinese badminton player Han Yue for the third time. Unfortunately, the last meeting between the two took place more than four years ago, namely in the quarter-finals of the New Zealand Open 2018, May.

The note will be homework for Gregoria to learn the style of the opponent's game that has changed a lot and developed.

The following is the schedule for the Red and White Squad match in the semifinals of the Hylo Open 2022, Saturday which starts at 20.00 WIB:

Men's singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Srikanth Kidambi (India)

Women's singles: Gregoria Mariska Tunjung vs Han Yue (China)

Mixed doubles: Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati vs Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (France)