BWF World Tour Finals 2023 Results: Losing To China's Representative, Apriyani/Fadia Eliminated

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's doubles, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, were eliminated from the BWF World Tour Finals 2023 event after losing 13-21 and 8-21 to the Chinese pair, Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning.

In the third match of Group A in Hangzhou, China, on Friday, December 15, 2023, in fact Apriyani/Fadia have shown maximum performance.

The tight match was felt at the beginning of the match because the score had a 2-2 draw, but then Apriyani/Fadia could only chase one point.

The rest is the turn of the dominant Chinese representatives at 6-4 and continues to advance until they lead 11-5 in the early interval.

After the break, the Chinese pair were able to maintain a five-point advantage over Apriyani/Fadia. The wide distance made Apriyani/Fadia have to lose in the first game with a score of 13-21 when the game lasted 24 minutes.

Entering the second half, Apriyani/Fadia were able to lead 3-2, 4-3, and 6-5. However, the Chinese pair were then able to equalize the score 6-6, 7-7, and turned 8-7 ahead until again securing the interval with a score of 11-7 over Apri/Fadia.

Even after the interval between the two opportunities ran low, Apriyani/Fadia tried to catch up. Unfortunately, they are quite far behind 8-17 from the Chinese pair.

In fact, Apri/Fadia had to lose badly to Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning in the second set with a score of 8-21.

In the previous two matches in Group A, Apriyani/Fadia also lost to Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara from Japan after suffering an injury.

Then the women's doubles lost again 0-2 to the Chinese pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in the second match of Group A.

These three defeats made it certain that Apri/Fadia would not qualify for the women's doubles semifinals of the BWF World Tour Finals 2023.