Taufik Hidayat Indonesia's Women's Singles Score Is Still Below, Not Even Middle Level

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JAKARTA – Former badminton player Taufik Hidayat criticized the Indonesian women's singles sector. He assessed that the current number is still below, has not reached the middle level.

Indonesia's singles achievements have recently been in the spotlight. Moreover, in the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open 2022 these numbers cannot do much.

"For women's doubles, Apriyani Rahayu stands out now and before with Greysia Polii. It's not an instant process," said Taufik.

At this year's Indonesia Masters, Indonesia relied on the women's singles, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and Putri Kusuma Wardani, who entered the main draw from the qualifying path.

Unfortunately, the steps of the two representatives in the Super 500 event were not far away. Putri immediately ran aground in the first round, while Gregoria gave up in the second round.

Then at the Indonesia Open, Gregoria, who was the only representative of Indonesia, had to go home early. He lost to Thailand's Phittayaporn Chaiwan in the first round.

These failures show that Indonesia's women's singles currently have not been able to reach the levels of their predecessors such as the golden era of Susy Susanti. It seems that the evaluation will not run out,” said the 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist.

Currently, Gregoria is still the only best Indonesian women's singles in the BWF rankings. The 2017 junior world champion is currently ranked 30th in the world.