JAKARTA - Janice Tjen and Aldila Sutjiadi have confirmed that they will use the government's Rp1 billion bonus for the gold medal at the 2025 Thailand SEA Games as a cost of participating in the WTA Tour tournament.
Both names contributed greatly to two of the three gold medals won by the tennis sports branch (cabor). They won gold in the women's doubles and women's doubles, so they are entitled to the promised bonus.
Aldila said the bonus from the government was very important for them, considering the high operating costs that had to be borne independently to be able to compete in the WTA Tour tournament.
"The bonus will be used as capital to participate in the WTA Tour. In the WTA, we usually pay for ourselves first. So, this is very helpful for the early tournaments of the year," said Aldila.
Janice/Aldila contributed the last gold medal for tennis from the women's doubles on Friday. They successfully silenced the host representatives, Peangtarn Plipuech/Mananchaya Sawangkaew, in two straight sets 6-2 and 6-1.
The gold medal felt so special because the two of them had just recovered from health problems after playing in the women's doubles. Janice even had to withdraw in the women's singles semifinals so that the opportunity to win a gold medal in that event evaporated.
Despite appearing solid as a gold duet at the SEA Games, the two tennis players are planning to appear with different partners at the beginning of next season. This is due to the professional commitment that has been agreed upon previously.
"At the beginning of the year, we split up because we had already made a promise with another partner, but next year there will definitely be several tournaments that we will play together," explained Aldila.
The Indonesian contingent as a whole closed their journey in Thailand with a collection of 91 gold medals, 112 silver, and 130 bronze. This number makes Indonesia manage to lock in the second position in the final standings of medal collection.
This achievement is Indonesia's best achievement outside the status as host in the last 30 years at the SEA Games since the 1995 edition in Chiang Mai, Thailand. So, the exception was when he became the overall champion at the 2011 SEA Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
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