JAKARTA – The Thailand Open 2022 badminton tournament has entered the quarter-finals. Indonesia still has four representatives remaining in this Super 500 level event.
The last eight matches at the Impact Arena will kick off at 13.00 p.m., Friday, May 20.
The four Indonesian representatives who qualified were men's singles Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, and mixed doubles Akbar Bintang Cahyono/Marsheilla Gischa Islami.
Shesar will face the big party with sixth seed from Malaysia Lee Zii Jia. This will be the seventh meeting between the two couples.
In the previous six meetings, the two badminton players drew and lost 3-3. However, Shesar lost this year when they met at the Badminton Asia Championships held in the Philippines earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Hendra/Ahsan will face representatives from Denmark, Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. The two pairs have also met six times so far and Indonesia's representatives are leading head to head 6-0.
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In the men's doubles, Fajar/Rian, who got the fifth seed, will meet the representatives of Japan, Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi. The two of them had never faced each other before.
Then in the mixed doubles, Akbar/Marsheilla's struggle to reach the semifinals will not be easy. The reason is, they will face China's second seed, Zheng Si Wei / Huang Yaqiong.
This will be their first meeting in an official competition.
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