JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob admitted that their performance was less than calm in the first match of the World Tour Finals (WTF) 2021. That was the main factor that caused them to fail to make a comeback against Japan's Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi.
"The evaluation is mostly from the aspect of calmness, focus, and the initial start, don't miss it again," said Yeremia, quoted from an official statement received by VOI, Thursday, December 2.
In the 2021 WTF Group B elimination meeting at the Bali International Convention Center on Wednesday, December 1, Pramudya/Yeremia have been under pressure from the start. This situation provoked Pramudya/Jeremiah to continue to counterattack against Hoki/Kobayashi.
Struggling in two tiring games, Pramudya/Yeremia had time to overshadow the opponent's points, but unfortunately they failed to turn things around and had to settle for ending the match with a score of 14-21 and 19-22.
Regarding the resistance against Hockey/Kobayashi, Pramudya said that in this meeting the Japanese representatives played very closely. It was different when they met at the Indonesia Open 2021.
"Yesterday (at the 2021 Indonesia Open) they still gave us the opportunity to attack. But this time (WTF 2021) they didn't give us a chance at all, and we couldn't attack back. They were very close," said Pramudya.
With the defeat in the initial meeting of WTF 2021, Pramudya/Yeremia failed to make a comeback against Hoki/Kobayashi who also toppled them in the previous tournament, the Indonesia Open 2021.
Even though they failed to revolt against the Japanese representatives, Pramudya/Jeremiah didn't want to be too late. Because, today they continued their second match in Group B against Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi, representatives of Malaysia, which was also the first meeting of the two pairs.
"We don't want to think too far for tomorrow (today) to just go all out. Besides that, being able to play in WTF is also a pride for us, so we just want to play optimally," concluded Pramudya.
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