Ana/Tiwi Don't Set High Targets At BWF World Tour Finals 2024
JAKARTA - Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi did not set a high target when appearing as a debutant at the BWF World Tour Finals 2024.
The season-ending tournament will take place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, Hangzhou, China, on 11-15 December 2024.
Amallia or known as Tiwi admitted that they would try to perform as much as possible at the event in accordance with the coach's direction.
"If it's a target, we don't want to be grandiose. We just want to do our best and want to get through the group stage," he said at the PBSI Cipayung National Training Center, East Jakarta, on Friday, December 6, 2024.
Competition at the BWF World Tour Finals will definitely be difficult. Ana/Tiwi got tickets there along with seven other world top pairs.
One of them is the host representative Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan. The world number three pair was present at this event carrying the status of gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Then, the other six couples are Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning (China), Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi (Japan), Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee (South Korea), Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Namibia Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida (Japan), and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Pullela (India).
Ana or Febriana said they had made thorough preparations so far and were very ready to face anyone later.
"It's definitely tight because everything is good. However, we have to be ready to fight anyone. The most important thing is to prepare ourselves. If we are ready, we can fight anyone," he said.
Apart from Ana/Tiwi, Indonesia also sent Jonatan Christie, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, and Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
The draw for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals group round will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2024. Each sector will be divided into two groups, each of which contains four singles/pairs.