Failed To Win Bronze, Hendra Setiawan / Mohammad Ahsan Expresses Apology

JAKARTA - The pair Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan apologized to the people of Indonesia for not being able to bring home the bronze medal in the deciding match which took place in Tokyo, Saturday evening, July 31. Whereas the double nicknamed The Daddies was originally expected to bring home a medal.

In the bronze medal match at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, The Daddies had to acknowledge the superiority of Malaysian men's doubles Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik in the rubber game 21-17, 17-21, 14-21.

"First, I want to apologize to the Indonesian people for not being able to bring home a medal, but we have tried our best. We apologize," said Ahsan as reported by the BWF official website, Saturday, July 31.

Ahsan said that they could still play well until the semifinals and did not even think they would run out of energy after going through a difficult battle from the previous match.

But the reality says otherwise, even though he has tried his best, he thinks the opponent is playing better. After this they will evaluate with the team. "I admit that the opponent played very well today. I think they (Aaron/Chia) attacked very well, especially in the third game," Hendra said about the match as reported by Antara.

Apart from Aaron/Soh winning the bronze medal, the final match has also been played with the gold medal victory for Taiwanese men's doubles Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin after defeating Chinese representatives Li Jun Hui/Liu Yu Chen.

After the Olympics, in the future, the world number two men's doubles will focus on regular tournaments going forward, especially competing in the Thomas and Uber Cups. "As long as we can continue, yes we will continue to play," concluded Mohammad Ahsan, which was agreed by Hendra Setiawan.