Undeveloped Game, Vito Lost In The Second Round Of Indonesia Masters

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, was stopped in the last 16 of the Indonesia Masters because his game could not improve when he played against Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand in Nusa Dua, Bali, Thursday.

Vito said that his mistake in this match was to follow the tempo of the opponent's game too much, so his technique on the field could not develop, and ended up disappointingly with a score of 14-21, 9-21.

"I'm grateful to be able to get through the match without injury or problems, I'm just disappointed with my own game. In terms of stamina, there are no problems, indeed I was carried away by the opponent's type of game", Vito said, as reported by Antara, Thursday.

The world-ranked 20th athlete said that his opponent this time had a type of game with a stroke that was quite mature despite his younger age.

In addition, Kunlavut, who previously defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the first round, also played neatly and did not create his own mistakes.

"He doesn't easily make mistakes himself, his shots are good, his ball placement is also very accurate. That's obviously difficult for me", Vito revealed.

Before facing Kunlavut, Vito actually took the time to chat with Ginting to find the best strategy through the evaluation results from the previous match.

Even so, the practice on the field was more difficult and Kunlavut first controlled the rhythm of the match so that he continued to press Vito until the 40-minute match was over. With the result of this match, Kunlavut recorded a 2-1 advantage in his meeting with Vito.

With Vito's failure in the round of 16, the Red and White squad did not leave a single representative in the men's singles event at the Super 750 level tournament. The reason, Jonatan Christie also lost to Kidambi Srikanth from India.