Qualifying For The Round Of 16 Of The Indonesia Open 2022 After Japan's Seeded Knockout, Apriyani/Siti Fadia Find Strength And Become More Confident

Apriyani/Fadi (Ulfa Gusti/VOI)

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's doubles, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti managed to qualify for the last 16 of the Indonesia Open 2022. This result they achieved after eliminating the fifth seed from Japan, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara.

In the match at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday afternoon, Apriyani/Siti had to undergo a 68-minute rubber game to beat Japan's representatives with a score of 21-7, 17-21 and 21-17.

This win was definitely a big surprise. Because, if you look at the records, Apriyani/Siti are a newly joined doubles pair. Meanwhile, her opponent is the women's doubles who has won the world title twice.

For this achievement, Apriyani admitted that she was very grateful for being able to finish the match with a win and without injury. According to him, the results of this match also made him increasingly discover the pattern of play that became the strength in his performance with Fadia.

"Grateful for this result, we finished unscathed, this performance we appeared confident and started to find the poles (games) as well as our performance which started to be consistent. This (the result of the match) is a strength for me and Fadia in the future," said Apriyani after the match.

In line with Apriyani, Siti Fadia also admitted that she was very grateful that they were able to beat Japan's seed in the first round of the Indonesia Open 2022. With the status of a new duet partner who still lacked experience, Fadia admitted that he got an extraordinary injection of confidence from this match.

"Happy and very grateful, hopefully this victory can make me more confident to undergo the next match. Hopefully I can also continue to give my best,” explained Siti Fadia.

After overthrowing the Japanese seed, Apriyani/Siti will next face Zhang Shu Xian/Zheng Yu, who are representatives of China in the last 16 of the Indonesia Open 2022.

With another challenge after breaking the struggle of Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, Apriyani emphasized that she and Fadia would not be satisfied quickly and would instead learn more.

“We will not be satisfied until here, a lot of homework and a lot of things we learn next. We are grateful for today," said Apriyani.