Indonesia Open 2024: Patience/Reza Lose, No Indonesian Representatives In The Final

JAKARTA - Sabar Karyaman/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani must recognize the superiority of the Malaysian men's doubles, Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee.

Patience/Reza lost two straight games with a score of 27-29 and 13-21 in the semifinals of the Indonesia Open 2024 at Istora Senayan, Saturday, June 8, 2024, evening WIB.

The only representative of Indonesia in the semifinals came from six points behind, 3-9. Slowly, Sabar/Reza got closer to 7-11 at the interval.

After the break, they continued to keep their distance until they finally equalized 16-16. After that, chasing numbers occurred until the 20-20 decision.

Dece also lasted a long time until finally Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee closed the first set with a score of 29-27.

The appearance of Sabar/Reza anticlimaks in the second set. Instead of being able to force the match to continue into the rubber game, they even lost easily.

Initially, Sabar/Reza even had a long 8-4 lead. However, their performance declined until the opponent equalized 8-8.

After that, Malaysian men's doubles shot up without being able to catch up. They moved away six points, 16-10, even to a difference of seven points at a crucial point of 19-12.

Patience/Reza must give up the second set with a score of 13-21 while eliminating hope for the final of the Indonesia Open 2024.

The defeat of Sabar/Reza made Indonesia no longer have representatives in the final of the Indonesia Open 2024.

The negative result extended Indonesia's bad bad badminton record at home at the BWF Super 1000 level tournament.

This means that there have been no Indonesian badminton players who have won the Indonesia Open. The last time there was a Red-White badminton player who won the Indonesia Open was in the 2021 edition through the men's doubles Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya.