Patience/Reza Had Wanted To Withdraw Before Madrid Champion Spain Master 2024

JAKARTA - Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani had wanted to decide to withdraw from the 2024 Madrid Spain Masters tournament before leaving as champions.

Sabar/Reza won after defeating Malaysia's representatives in the final match, Junaidi Arif/Roy King Yap, with rubber games 21-18, 17-21, and 21-19 on Sunday, March 31, 2024, evening WIB.

"I myself did not expect to win here. Even from the start we were about to resign from this tournament because of Sabar's shoulder condition which did not allow us to play," said Reza in a statement.

In the conditions that are not optimal experienced by Sabar, this couple still decided to appear in the final. Even though they had a tight match, fortunately the Sabar injury did not recur.

Patience/Reza appeared solid dominant and to secure the first game, before the Malaysian pair equalized. In the final game, Sabar/Reza got into a fierce match before locking the title.

"At first we wanted to try half a game first, but thank God we were given a smooth victory," said Reza.

"The key to victory, we focus on the final points. In addition, many supporters from the Indonesian Embassy in Spain came to the arena which increased the enthusiasm of the two of us to fight all out," said Resa again.

Indonesia has secured two titles in Madrid Spain Masters 2024. One other title was obtained by mixed doubles pair Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.

In addition, Indonesia also gets one runner-up. This position belongs to the women's doubles Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi.

They lost against Japanese ambassador, Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi.