French Open 2023: Bagas/Fikri Tembus Semifinals, Rehan/Lisa Run Aground

JAKARTA Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri's men's doubles beat Rasmus Kjnar/Frederik Sogaard to qualify for the semifinals of the French Open 2023.

Bagas/Fikri, who appeared dominant, immediately secured the victory of two straight games 21-11 and 21-17 at the Glaz Arena, Rennes, France, Friday, October 27 evening WIB.

Bagas/Fikri are the second representatives of Indonesia to enter the semifinals. Prior to that, the women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti had already done it.

In the semifinals, Bagas/Fikri will meet with representatives of China, He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu. This pair qualified after beating South Korea's fourth seed, Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae.

So far, Indonesia has also lost two representatives. The first to fail was the men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, who lost against Chinese representative, Li Shi Feng.

Meanwhile, other representatives who also have to stop are the mixed doubles Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.

The pair gave up two straight games against the eighth seeded pair in the championship, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin.