JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung appeared dominant in the first round of the Indonesia Masters 2025 to follow in the footsteps of her colleague Putri Kusuma Wardani.
The owner of the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics won easily 21-12 and 21-5 against India's representative, Anupama Upadhyaya, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, evening WIB.
"Praise God today it can be good to play. Even though in the first game I made a lot of mistakes myself, in the second game I played quite cleanly," he said after the match.
Indonesia has deployed a total of five women's singles in this tournament. Gregoria, Putri, and Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi are three names who immediately fought from the main round.
The other two, Ruzana and Chiara Marvella Handoyo, started their journey from qualifying. Chiara penetrated the main round, but immediately lost.
Gregoria dropped as the second seed in this Super 500 BWF. If both are smooth past the second and quarter-finals then Gregoria and Putri will meet in the semifinals.
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As a seed in the midst of the absence of big names such as An Se Young, Gregoria has ambitions to go as far as possible in her own home.
"Certainly with last week's India Open results, I feel that I have enough desire to target more here," he said.
While at the India Open, this badminton player from Wonogiri managed to reach the semifinals. He returned home in that round after losing to the first seed, An Se Young.
Prior to that, he also played at the Malaysia Open. There his steps ran aground in the first round because he lost against Putri Kusuma Wardani.
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