Greysia-Apriyani Prints First Gold History In Women's Doubles, DPR Leader: Extraordinary, Indonesia Proud!
JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives for Korkesra, Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar, congratulated the Indonesian women's doubles badminton pair, Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu who successfully won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This achievement also broke new history for the Indonesian women's doubles team. .
“Congratulations to Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu. Incredible, great and exhausting struggle of course. But it has made Indonesia proud,” said Muhaimin in Jakarta, Monday, August 2.
It is known, Greysia / Apriyani succeeded in defeating the Chinese women's doubles, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yi Fan in two straight games, 21-18 and 21-12. The match was tight in the early rounds, but the composure of the Indonesian women's doubles was able to dampen the pace of China's double heroism.
In the second set, the Indonesian women's doubles seemed so free to dominate the match. The Chinese pair seemed to often make their own mistakes and was able to be used nicely by Greysia / Apriyani to finally win a landslide victory 21-15.
“This is history for our women's doubles, Greysia/Apriyani, as the first Indonesian women's doubles to be able to appear in the Olympic final and win. Once again, thank you Gray and Apri, Indonesia is really proud of you," said the chairman of the National Awakening Party.
The deadly duo Greysia/Apriyani managed to surprise from the start when they were paired with winning the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2017 defeating the hosts, Chayanit Chaladchalam/Phataimas Muenwong, in two straight games, 21-12 and 21-12, in 45 minutes. .
Again, Greysia and Apriyani made a surprise by winning the French Open Super Series 2017. Still in the same year, Greysia/Apriyani remained grateful for the runner-up position in the 2017 Hong Kong Open Super Series.
The following year, Greysia/Apriyani also had to settle for being the runner-up at the 2018 Indonesia Masters, after losing in the final round to a pair from Japan, Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi. Not discouraged, the pair won the 2018 India Open badminton tournament.
Now, in 2021, the proud Indonesian duo will bring the Red and White flag to fly at the super-prestigious event, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating the Chinese women's doubles pair.