Malaysia Open 2023: Fajar/ Rian Sukses Comeback To Advance To Quarter Finals, Jonatan Christie Kandas

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, showed an extraordinary struggle in the second round of the Malaysia Open 2023 to win tickets to the quarter-finals.

Left behind in the first game, Fajar/Rian finally ended the match against Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidl at the Axiata Arena on Thursday, January 12 at noon WIB. It took 1 hour 10 minutes for the fifth seed to beat the German representative.

Even though he was far behind when he played the first set, Fajar/Rian could turn things around in the second set. This draw forced the fight to continue into the rubber game to determine the winner.

In the first interval of the third game, Fajar/Rian was left behind, but after the second break they were able to rise and ensure victory with a score of 8-21, 21-19 and 21-16.

In the last eight, Fajar/Rian will face Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi. Malaysia's 8th seeded representative to the semifinals after winning over Taiwan's representative, Lu Ching Yao/Wang Po Han.

Meanwhile, Jonatan Christie must receive unsatisfactory results in the second round of the Malaysia Open 2023. Facing Kenta Nishimoto, Jojo, who is the men's singles player ranked 5, fell 15-21 and 17-21.

Jojo's defeat this time was revealed because his performance was indeed not good, plus the wind position was not in favor.

"Honestly today I played very, very bad in terms of punches, very contrary to what I wanted to apply the strategy. Because I think the wind is changing enough and the shuttlecock is a bit slow too," Jonatan said after the match, as quoted from Badmintallk's Instagram account.