Indonesia Masters 2023: The Difficulty Of Fajar/Rian And The Daddies For The Second Round

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, qualified for the second round of the Indonesia Masters 2023. However, it was not achieved easily.

Fajar/Rian escaped after defeating Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Rambitan, Tuesday, January 24. The world's number one doubles played for 47 minutes to get rid of its juniors.

The 2023 Malaysia Open champion won with a score of 18-21, 21-14 and 21-10.

Pramudya/Yeremia tried to outperform their seniors since the beginning of the first game, their efforts bore fruit because the starting points could be secured and continued to 11-5 in the first interval.

The advantages in this first interval became Pramudya/Yeremia's confident capital to outperform the seniors. Their calm appearance bore fruit because their first game was superior to Fajar/Rian with a score of 21-18.

Continuing to the second game, it was Fajar/Rian's turn to turn things around with four points ahead. This helped the first ranked men's doubles appear calmer, as evidenced by Fajar/Rian's 11-5 lead in the second interval.

After the second break, the dominance of the senior continued, Fajar/Rian seemed easy to secure important points until they won 21-14.

A draw makes the match continue to the game ruber to determine the winner. The compatriot duel got hotter as the senior team again stole the lead first, Fajar/Rian led 11-6 in the third interval and continued to win 21-10.

"Grateful to play smoothly today and given a win without injury. They (Pramudya/Yeremia) in the first game played well and made us overwhelmed. At their opening it was also good we fell behind in a high ball. But we didn't give up and then maybe we still need adaptation," said Fajar after the match.

The success of Fajar/Rian was also followed by Hendra/Ahsan. The Daddies won over Japan's representative, Akira Koga/Taichi Saito, also through a rubber game.

Hendra/Ahsan need 57 minutes to qualify for the second round. The Daddies won 17-21, 21-19 and 21-10.

The Indonesian men's doubles will challenge the winner between Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Cheol vs Leo Carnando/Daniel Marthin in the second round.