With The Win Over Japan's Men's Doubles, Fajar/Rian Became The First Indonesian Representatives To Qualify For The Semifinals Of The Thailand Open 2022

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto qualify for the semifinals of the Thailand Open 2022. (PBSI Doc.)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, became the first representatives to qualify for the semifinals of the Thailand Open 2022. This result was achieved after defeating representatives of Japan, Keiichiro Matsui/Yoshinori Takeuchi.

In the match at Impact Arena, Bangkok on Friday, 20 May afternoon, Fajar/Rian forced their opponent to go through a rubber game. With a tempo of 49 minutes, Fajar/Alfian defeated Keiichiro/Yoshinori with a final score of 21-14, 19-21 and 21-4.

Previously, two representatives of Indonesia failed to step into the big four. The two representatives came from the men's singles and mixed doubles numbers.

Akbar Bintang/Marsheilla Gischa, who appeared as the opener, failed to block the pace of China's representatives, Zhen Shi Wei/Huang Yaqiong. They lost two straight games to the world's second-ranked pair with a score of 16-21 and 14-21.

After Akbar/Marsheilla, it was Shesar Hiren Rhustavito's turn. Appearing as the only hope in the men's singles number, Shesar instead fell at the hands of the representative of Malaysia, Lee Zii Jia.

The world's sixth seed defeated Shesar Hiren through a rubber game with a tempo of 56 minutes which ended with a score of 21-10, 14-21 and 21-16.

Apart from Fajar/Rian, Indonesia still has the opportunity to pass one more representative from the men's doubles number. Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan have yet to play a match against representatives of Denmark Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup.