Melati Daeva Oktavianti Reinforces Rumors Of Her Being Expelled From The National Training Center PBSI

Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Instagram @melatidaeva)

JAKARTA – Mixed doubles specialist Melati Daeva Oktavianti confirmed the rumors of her dropping her from the PBSI National Team through her latest upload on social media Instagram.

In the upload, the 27-year-old athlete indicated that the rumors of him being kicked out of the National Training Center were not just rumors. It's just that until now PBSI has not issued a decree (SK) related to the relegation and promotion of Pelatnas athletes.

In the midst of uncertainty regarding her fate, Melati actually posted several photos on her Instagram with the caption "New Chapter" or "Babak Baru".

Obviously the post reinforces the prejudice that he will no longer be part of the National Training Center.

Moreover, the upload featured several photos of Melati and Pelatnas athletes together with Head of Development and Achievement Riony Mainaky and men's doubles coach Nova Widianto.

News of Melati Daeva Oktavianti and her co-star Praveen Jordan's disqualification became even stronger after their names were not included in the list of athletes called by PBSI to undergo medical tests on January 19 and 20 in Cipayung, East Jakarta.

Based on the letter number 012/3/I/2022 which was signed by the Deputy Secretary General of PP PBSI Edi Sukarno, not only the names Praveen/Melati who were not on the list of players who were called.

Another mixed doubles pair, Hafiz Faizal/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja were also not included in the list of athletes who were called up.

Praveen/Melati's exclusion from Pelatnas was allegedly based on their poor performance during 2021. The 2020 All England champion could not bring home a single title during that period.

Their best achievements are only runners-up at the Thailand Open 2021 in January and the Hylo Open 2021 in November. After that their performance declined during the Badminton Festival in Bali.

In that event, Praveen/Melati fell in the first round of the Indonesia Masters. They were also only able to reach the second round of the Indonesia Open.