JAKARTA - The men's doubles Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin have not been able to repeat their impressive performance as when they came back together so they had to swallow the defeat in the second round of the 2026 BWF Super 500 Australian Open badminton event.
Leo/Daniel closed their journey in the tournament in a straight two-game match 15-21 and 18-21 against the pair of Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang who were the second seeds in Sydney on Thursday, June 11, 2026, afternoon WIB.
"We can take the positives from today. We can gauge our ability to where it is and evaluate what needs to be improved in the future after being paired back," Leo said in a statement received after the match.
The 2026 Australian Open is the fourth tournament that Leo/Daniel have participated in after being reunited. The pair played their first tournament after Daniel recovered from injury at the BWF Super 500 Thailand Open 2026 in mid-May.
Leo/Daniel immediately made a surprise comeback by climbing to the highest podium. However, they immediately returned home in the first round of the Malaysia Masters and the Indonesia Open 2026 after that, then lost in the second round in Australia.
"In the match yesterday, the key was who could play ahead of him, so he would get the advantage because the ball here is quite fast. They also played very safe earlier," said Daniel explaining.
The decision of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) to revamp the men's doubles formation made Leo/Daniel long not meet Liang/Wang as a pair. They last faced the Chinese doubles as partners at the 2023 China Open.
This is Leo/Daniel's third defeat out of four clashes with Liang/Wang. The only victory Leo/Daniel got was in their first meeting in 2022 at the Singapore Open.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
