Hendra/Ahsan Donate, Indonesia Only Has 7 Representatives At The Denmark Open 2024

JAKARTA Seven of the nine Indonesian representatives who played in the Denmark Open 2024 successfully secured a ticket to the second round.

The follow-up match from the first half of the event was completed on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at dawn WIB. Of the six representatives who played in the first half on the second day, four of them qualified.

The first round of tickets was secured by the men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie.

The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist and the fourth seed continued his journey after stopping Malaysia's singles, Leong Jun Hao.

Following that was the women's singles Kusuma Wardani. The 22-year-old athlete successfully repatriated the sixth seed from Japan, Aya Ohori.

Men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and mixed doubles pair Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari then followed in the footsteps of their two colleagues.

Fajar/Rian qualified after stopping the German pair, Bjarne Geiss/Jan Colin Voelker, while Rinov/Pitha beat seventh seed from China, Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi.

Previously, on Tuesday, three tickets for Indonesia were secured by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati, and Leo Rolly Carnando/Bagas Maulana.

Meanwhile, two Indonesian representatives had to lift the suitcase at the earliest. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting became the first Red-White badminton player to be eliminated in the first round.

He could not continue the journey after being defeated by Kenta Nishimoto in a rubber game, 12-21, 21-15, and 20-22, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, WIB night.

Then, Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, who appeared last on the second day, also went home.

The Daddies lost to Japan's men's doubles, Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, two straight games with a score of 8-21 and 15-21.

The veteran couple were helpless from the first set. After the 2-2 draw, Hendra/Ahsan could not stem the Hockey/Kobayashi from falling far behind in the 4-11 interval.

After the break, nothing changed. The Japanese doubles drove without a hitch, while Hendra/Ahsan's points were stopped at eight.

In the second set, Hendra/Ahsan also failed to get up. Having balanced 3-3, they then fell behind Hockey/Kobayashi.

The Daddies are far behind during the interval with 6-11 behind. After that, they still have trouble chasing.

Hoki/Kobayashi's furthest advantage over Hendra/Ahsan was recorded at seven points at 16-9 and 17-10.

Hendra/Ahsan had cut the gap to four points at 13-17. However, the Indonesian doubles could not stop Hockey/Kobayashi from winning the match.

Furthermore, six of the seven Indonesian representatives who qualified for the second round will appear again on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

Only Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari did not sweat in the second half today.

He immediately qualified for the quarter-finals after his opponent, Kevin Lee/Eliana Zhang, from Canada withdrew.

Rinov/Pitha will next meet the winner between Hoo Pang Ron/Cheng Su Yin (Malaysia) vs Jiang Zhengbang/Wei Yaxin (China).