The Only Indonesian Representative, Dejan/Serena Stopped At The 2021 Badminton World Championship

Dejan Ferdinansyah/Serena Kani (Instagram @dejanfz)

JAKARTA - Indonesian mixed doubles Dejan Ferdinansyah/Serena Kani stopped in the second round of the 2021 Badminton World Championships. They were defeated by the German pair Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau through a rubber game on Thursday night Huelva, Spain.

The only representatives of the Red and White in the badminton tournament had to acknowledge the superiority of Mark/Isabel, who played tough and controlled the rhythm of the game at critical points, thus finishing the match 21-18, 18-21, 21-16.

Despite losing, the 97th-ranked pair put up a difficult fight for the 11th seed in 65 minutes.

Quoted from Antara, the factor for Dejan/Serena's defeat lies in their lack of patience when they won the points so they lost focus and the opponent was able to turn the situation around.

The incident occurred in the first game when Dejan/Serena had a 12-6 lead, in a row they were overtaken by Mark/Isabel.

While the victory in the second game was also not easily obtained because both partners were involved in chasing scores. Mark/Isabel played determinedly to end the match in two straight games, but this was prevented by the Indonesian representatives who forced the third game to be played.

The deciding game started with the mixed doubles advantage of the PB Djarum club with 4-1. Dejan/Serena's defense which is less solid is a gap for Mark/Isabel to steal the lead.

Dejan/Serena was still trying to catch up, but Mark's crossing game repeatedly became a sharp thorn for the Indonesian representatives.

Dejan/Serena could only survive at a score of 16, while Mark/Isabel was not overtaken and ended the match which became the first meeting of the two pairs.

Next in the round of 16, Mark/Isabel will meet Hoo Pang Ron/Cheah Yee See from Malaysia. Hoo/Cheah qualified for the round of 16 after receiving a bye from Praven Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktvianti who withdrew along with the PBSI Cipayung National Training Team.