Knock! Hendra Setiawan And Nita Violina As Captains Of The Thomas-Uber Cup Team

Badminton player Hendra Setiawan. (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA – Badminton players Hendra Setiawan and Nita Violina Marwah have been appointed as team captains for the 2022 Thomas and Uber Cups.

The majority of players who strengthen the Thomas and Uber teams agreed to appoint the two names before starting training on Thursday, May 5. Hendra was asked to be the captain during the morning training session while Nita before the afternoon training session.

"Hendra became captain after being chosen by the players. He deserved it, besides being the most senior, his achievements were also the most complete," said Men's doubles coach, Herry Iman Pierngadi in an official statement, Thursday 5 May.

Just like Hendra, Nita was also chosen because she was considered to have a leadership spirit in the field. In addition, he also has the experience of successfully winning the Badminton Asia Team Championship in Selangor, last February.

"Of course I have to be ready to accept this task. Hopefully I will be able to bring the Uber team together and achieve as much as possible," said Nita.

The Thomas and Uber event will take place on May 8-15 at Impact Arena, Bangkok. Indonesia is targeted to be able to defend the Thomas Cup title.

This year, the Thomas team will fill Group A along with South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. The Red and White Team faced Singapore in the first match of the group stage, followed by Korea and Thailand in the last match.

As for the Uber Cup, the Indonesian team is in Group A along with Japan, France and Germany. Bilqis Prasista and friends are expected to go further after last year's edition only reached the quarter-finals.