French Open 2024: Apri/Fadia And Ginting Get Tickets For The Last 16

JAKARTA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti were forced to rise from behind to pass the first round of the French Open 2024.

Anthony Ginting confirmed the ticket to the second round of the BWF Super 750 level event after stopping Chinese representatives, Weng Hong Yang, with a score of 7-21, 21-18, and 21-15.

This victory is special for Ginting. The reason is, in the previous four meetings, he always suffered defeat.

The four encounters took place at the 2022 Asian Championships, the 2023 Malaysia Masters, the 2023 Denmark Open, and the 2023 Japan Masters.

Meanwhile, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti lost 14-21 in the first game against third seed from South Korea, Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong. They rose in the next two games with a final score of 21-17 and 21-8.

The result beautifies Apri/Fadia's winning record over Kim/Kong to 3-0. Apri/Fadia's previous two wins over the pair took place at the 2024 World Championships and Malaysia Open.

Unfortunately, the couple's sweet journey failed to be followed by mixed doubles Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. The couple had to go home early in the first half.

Rinov/Pitha could not continue their journey after losing the rubber games 22-20, 19-21, and 20-22 against Japan's representative Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matsutomo.

This is Rinov/Pitha's second defeat to Yuki/Misaki from a total of five competitive meetings. Their current win-loss record with the Japanese doubles is 4-2.

Ginting and Apri/Fadia's success has made Indonesia secure three tickets for the second half. Previously, one ticket had already been pocketed by the women's singles, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.