Coach Sets Men's Doubles Target To Get Tickets To The 2022 All England Final

Men's Doubles Coach Herry Iman

JAKARTA – The men's doubles sector is set as a big target for the All England 2022 tournament. They are required to reach the final round of the oldest badminton championship in the world.

This year's All England will take place from March 16 to 20 at the Utility Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England. Indonesia sent as many as six representatives in the men's doubles number.

"The men's doubles target at the All England is to reach the final, later in the final anything can happen," said Men's Doubles Coach Herry Iman Pierngadi in a written statement received by VOI.

Despite sending as many as six representatives in the men's doubles event, the draw for the tournament was a bit detrimental to Indonesia. The reason, as many as four pairs directly faced each other in the first round.

The first clash occurred between the sixth seed Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto against their junior Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin. Then another pair who immediately duel was Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan met Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana.

However, Herry handled the draw wisely. He said that it was already a risk for Indonesia because it sent a lot of men's doubles representatives to the BWF Super 1000 level tournament.

"But not all (of facing each other). We have to go through that process because the rankings of Pramudya/Jeremiah, Leo/Daniel and Bagas/Fikri are still in their 20s. So the chance of meeting each other is great. This is a process, later after They compete a lot and their ranking goes up, they will rarely meet each other at the beginning. I think all countries are the same, sometimes they experience these things," said Herry.

In addition to the four pairs above, the other two representatives of the Indonesian men's doubles are the first seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and the second seeds Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan.

In the first round later, Marcus / Kevin will face representatives of South Korea, Choi Solgyu / Seo Seung Jae. Meanwhile, The Daddies will face Indian representatives MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila.

If The Daddies' journey is smooth to the semifinals, then they have a great chance to meet representatives of Indonesia. However, that only happens if Fajar/Rian or Leo/Daniel can also go that far.