Swiss Open 2024 Semifinals: Patience/Reza Lose, Men's Doubles Fails All Indonesian Finals

JAKARTA - Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani failed to advance to the 2024 Swiss Open final after being beaten by British men's doubles, Ben Lane/Sean Vendy, in a rubber game fight.

Patience/Reza must admit defeat to the eighth seed in the tournament while competing in St. Jakobshalle, Saturday, March 23, 2024, in the semifinals of the Swiss Open 2024. They lost 22-20, 8-21, and 15-21.

In fact, Sabar/Reza can reduce Lane/Vendy's run in the first game. They can even make a comeback from being left behind.

After the interval, Sabar Reza was in a position behind before chasing to 20-20 and forcing duece. Two points in a row after that made them secure the first game.

However, the impressive action did not last in the second game. They didn't put up any significant resistance.

Patience/Reza don't even have the momentum of one equalization. Their points were stopped at eight.

In the determination set, Sabar/Reza tried to get up. The score drew 6-6 before Lane/Vendy closed the interval with an 11-9 advantage.

However, after resting, Sabar/Reza could not catch up with Lane/Vendy. They can only get closer with a narrow 14-15 lag.

The English men's doubles continued to advance until securing the third game as well as tickets for the Swiss Open 2024 final with a 21-15 victory.

The defeat of Sabar/Reza made the All Indonesian Final Swiss Open 2024 scheme in the men's doubles failed to materialize.

This means that Lane/Vendy will face Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri at the top of the Swiss Open 2024 men's doubles.

Indonesia has so far secured two tickets for the 2024 Swiss Open final. Apart from Bagas/Fikri, Lanny Tri Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto also advanced to the top.

They will face the Chinese women's doubles Taipei, Hsu Ya-ching/Lin Wan-ching.

Meanwhile, Indonesia is still fighting for one final ticket in the women's singles. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung is battling Japan's singles, Nozomi Okuhara.