Indonesia Is Forced To Resign From All England, Citizens Ask To Refuse UK Participation In The Indonesian Tournament: Tell Them Slots Are Full
JAKARTA - Citizens are still passionate about voicing the injustice that was received by Indonesian athletes at the 2021 All England tournament. The Garuda team was forced to resign because they were considered in one same plane with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
It is known, four Garuda representatives have played their first match and won. Men's singles fifth featured, Jonatan Christie beats Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn with a score of 21-13, 24-22.
Then, the men's doubles first featured, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo aka The Minions won the rubber game 21-12, 19-21, 21-9 against the host pair Matthew Clare/Ethan Van Leeuwen.
Then, the second featured Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan's men's doubles also won over Ben Lane/Sean Vendy in a rubber game with a score of 21-18, 19-21, 21-19.
Meanwhile, the women's doubles third featured, Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu won after their opponents, the German pair Kilasu Ostermeyer/Franziska Volkmann withdrew (walkover).
Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) General Chairperson Agung Firman Sampurna said that the Indonesian players who competed in All England 2021 were a dangerous team. They are the strongest candidates for the title.
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Seeing what the Indonesian team experienced as injustice. Agung even called this a way to tackle Indonesia from tournament competition.
The netizen also intervened. They underlined that Indonesia was forced to resign not because of COVID-19 but because The Minions defeated the British pair in the opening match.
"Indonesian Team Not withdrawn because Covid, but because Indonesian men's double have defeated two couple England men's double in opening competition .. LOL. It will be a bad history that All England 2021 is the worst All England competition of all time. So UNFAIR," the tweets circulating around in Twitter.
However, the interesting one is the response of other netizens to this upload. One of them reads:
"Calm down, sir. Later when Indonesia has a tournament, England shouldn't be invited. Tell them the slots are full..," wrote an account called MuzakkiSyahpu1.