JAKARTA The women's singles badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung postponed her honeymoon with her husband Mikha Angelo to focus on preparing herself for All England 2025.
Gregoria and Mikha married them on February 21, 2025 in Bandung, West Java. They should immediately go through their honeymoon as many newlyweds do after marriage.
However, both of them decided to postpone the agenda. The reason is, Gregoria is committed to focusing on preparing for the oldest event in the world on March 11-16, 2025.
Gregoria said that she was very grateful to have a husband like Micah who really understood his condition as a professional athlete who was automatically shrouded in a busy schedule.
"From the start we talked, my conditions as a national athlete. (Of course) there are matches that I have to follow whose schedule may have to sacrifice my personal agenda," said Gregoria.
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The bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics is one of 10 Indonesian representatives who will fight in Birmingham later. In the women's singles number he took part with Putri Kusuma Wardani.
Then in the men's singles sector there are defending champions Jonatan Christie, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. Jonathan and Ginting last year's edition faced off in the final round.
The other five representatives are Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Bagas Maulana/Leo Rolly Carnando, Daniel Marthin/M Shohibul Fikri, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, and Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi.
Fajar/Rian also came there as defending champions. Last year they defended the title after defeating the Malaysian pair, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, in a two-game straight match.
The head of the PBSI National Training and Achievement Division, Eng Hian, said that currently his party continues to boost and increase the preparation of athletes so that they can get the best results.
"We hope that all Indonesian elite players can show the highest quality of the game and achievements. In the women's sector, apart from Gregoria, we hope that Putri Kusuma Wardani can achieve optimal achievements," he said.
All England is a 126-year-old badminton tournament. The tournament was first held in 1899 and stopped twice during World War I and World War II.
Since 2018, the tournament, with the full name All England Open Badminton Championships, has been designated as Super 1000 in the BWF system with the China Open, Malaysia Open, and Indonesia Open.
The Indonesian athlete who won the All England first won was Tan Joe Hok in the men's singles sector in 1959. Rudy Hartono's winning record in this tournament won the men's singles champion eight times.
Seven of these numbers he even won in a row. Rudy was recorded as the champion in 1968-1974 and 1976.
The next winner from Indonesia is the Indonesian men's doubles pair Tjun Tjun/Johan Wahjudi who lifted the trophy six times, namely in 1974-1975 and 1977-1980.
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