Even Though They Won Easily In The Top 32 Of The 2022 Malaysia Masters, Apriyani/Siti Fadia Turned Out To Have To Manipulate The Mind

Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti couple. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's doubles, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia successfully won a ticket to the last 16 of the Malaysia Masters 2022 after winning straight games from representatives of Thailand, Supissara Paewsampran/Puttita Supajirakul.

This pair only needed 26 minutes in the round of 32. Apriyani/Fadia won with a striking score of 21-13 and 21-10 at Axiata Arena, Malaysia.

Although the success of achieving an easy victory, there is an uphill battle behind it. Apriyani/Fadia are in a tired body condition due to the tight match schedule.

Before appearing at the Malaysia Masters, Indonesia's new mainstay in the women's doubles also took part in the Indonesia Masters 2022, Indonesia Open 2022 and finally Malaysia Open 2022.

Apriyani admitted that achieving consistency to win in the midst of a very busy schedule was not an easy thing. However, he got around this by trying to stay focused.

"Honestly it's difficult to set his mind, but this is our responsibility so how to carry ourselves. It was yesterday, yes yesterday, today we started from zero again," said Apriyani in a statement after the match for the round of 32 Malaysia Masters 2022.

"To work around this is by forcing the mind to focus and forcing the body to keep moving. If you say you are tired, you must be tired. But everyone feels it, so that's not an excuse," he continued.

Siti Fadia admits the same thing. According to Fadia, controlling the mind and focusing will make things better.

"Sis Apri is right, it's more of a thought. Every tournament, if given the opportunity, must continue to give the best," said Fadia.

"Even though you won yesterday, but if you can win again now why not? His mind continues to focus on every maximum match and wants to win," continued Fadia.

In the round of 16, Apriyani/Siti Fadia will again face the Stoeva brothers who are representatives of Bulgaria.