Bilqis Prasista Fails To Surprise Again, Indonesia Stops In The 2022 Uber Cup Quarter-Finals After Losing To China 0-3

Indonesian women's singles, Bilsqis Prasista, failed to contribute points in the 2022 Uber Cup quarter-finals. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian women's singles badminton player, Bilqis Prasista, failed to extend the breath of the Indonesian team when they met China in the 2022 Uber Cup quarter-finals, Thursday, May 12. With the defeat of Bilqis, Indonesia surrendered with a score of 0-3 from China.

Bilqis who faced He Bing Jiao in the third match, was actually able to put up a fight. The player, ranked 333 in the world, forced his opponent to play up to a rubber game for 56 minutes.

In the first game, Bilqis appeared calm and confident. This condition allowed her to maintain an 11-8 advantage in the first game interval. After the break, Bilqis tried to continue the struggle with a more daring appearance through the final two points that put him 21-19 ahead of representatives from China.

Victory in this early game opened a little hope for Indonesia, which had previously lost two points. But in this game, He Bing Jiao managed to get up from behind by appearing more aggressive.

At this moment, Bilqis seemed to have a hard time anticipating a hard and cross smash from Bing Jiao. This made Bilqis then fall behind by five points 6-11 in the middle of the match.

However, Bilqis again showed his charm and managed to cut the distance to 13-15. Unfortunately, Bilqis's own mistakes ended the struggle in the second game with a score of 18-21.

This draw score makes the game must continue to the deciding round. Instead of being able to twist fate, at the beginning of the third game Bilqis actually had a bad start until he fell behind 2-6.

Several times the net game that Bilqis tried to do instead fell in his own area. Error after mistake made Bilqis 3-11 behind in the third interval.

After the break, Bilqis' struggle to score the first points continued. However, the situation was not impartial because He Bing Jiao actually managed to maintain the momentum and made him end the Bilqis resistance with a convincing 21-7 victory.

Previously, Indonesia had lost two points from the first singles and doubles. Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi, who played in the first match, lost 12-21 and 11-21 to Chen Yufei.

Meanwhile, the Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi pair were defeated when they faced Cheng Qingchen/Jia Yifan. They lost 19-21 and 16-21.