JAKARTA – Men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto added Indonesian representatives in the quarter-finals of the Korea Open 2022. They became the last pair of Red and White to qualify for the round.
Fajar/Rian qualified for the last eight after defeating Malaysian representatives Tan Kian Meng/Tan Wee Kiong 19-21, 21-13 and 21-13 at Palma Stadium on Thursday, April 7 at noon WIB.
Thus, a total of three representatives of Indonesian men's doubles managed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Before Fajar/Rian, the last eight tickets were already pocketed by the pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan and Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri.
Actually, Indonesia has five representatives who fought in the round of 16. Unfortunately, the other two representatives couldn't continue their run after losing to their opponents.
The two representatives who failed to reach the quarter-finals were Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin and Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Rambitan. Leo/Daniel lost to Malaysian representatives Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi, while Bagas/Fikri were beaten by Pramudya/Yeremia.
The pair that beats Leo/Daniel will be Fajar/Rian's next opponent. On paper, Fajar / Rian are still leading head to heaf 3-2 from their previous five meetings, including the latest victory in the Swiss Open quarter-finals on March 5.
In addition to the three representatives, Indonesia also got two quarter-final tickets from the mixed doubles number. The two representatives who passed were Adnan Maulana/Mychelle Crhystine Bandoso and Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.
The men's singles number also got two quarter-final tickets from Jonatan Christie and Shiren Hiren Rhustavito. Thus, a total of seven Indonesian representatives who qualified for the quarter-finals of the nine representatives who fought in the round of 16 today.
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