Apriyani/Fadia Absen At Malaysia Open And India Open 2024

JAKARTA - women's doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti are confirmed to be absent from the Malaysia Open and India Open 2024.

Coach Eng Hian said that the recovery of injuries experienced by Apriyani was the reason this couple withdrew from the two prestigious tournaments.

"After discussing with the Head of Binpres and the PBSI team of doctors in this case is Prof. Nicolaas C. Budhiparama that it is better to give Apriyani a longer rest time in the process of recovering her calf injury," said Eng Hian in a statement.

"So, I decided to withdraw Apri/Fadia's participation in Malaysia and the 2024 India Open next week," he added.

Apri's condition actually shows encouraging developments. However, he still needs time to really be ready to compete.

"Apri's condition is quite good, but we want to see the next 10 days. We want him to be really 100 percent ready and then return to play."

"Regarding Race to Olympics, let us in the coaching team think about it. He just needs to focus on healing," said Eng Hian.

Apart from Apri/Fadia, the couple Ribka Sugiarto/Lanny Tria Mayasari are also confirmed to resign. This couple withdrew because Ribka was still sick.

"Ribka is sick and until today she has not been able to return to training. So, I also pulled Ribka/Lanny from Malaysia Open 2024," said Eng Eng Hian.

Malaysia Open 2024 will be held on January 9-14, 2024, while the 2024 India Open will take place from January 16-21, 2024.