Japan Open 2022: Fajar/Rian Control The Drama Rubber Game, So The Only Men's Doubles Vice In Quarter-finals

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JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian managed to get through the long rubber game drama in the round of 16 of the Japan Open 2022. They qualified for the quarter-finals after overthrowing Thailand's representative, Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren.

Playing at the Maruzen Intec Arena, Osaka, Japan on Thursday, September 1 afternoon WIB, Fajar/Rian appeared to cover the Indonesian representatives in today's match. Fajar/Rian passed the long rubber game to make sure they qualified for the quarter-finals.

The fifth-ranked men's doubles appeared for 52 minutes to overthrow Supak/Kittinupong with a final score of 21-9, 17-21 and 21-12. This victory made Fajar/Rian the only representative in the men's doubles number.

The reason is, of the five representatives in this sector, only those qualify for the quarter-finals. Senior men's doubles, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, who previously failed to win against Chinese representatives, Liang Wei flow/Wang Chang.

The first-ranked men's doubles representative, Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya also fell from South Korean representatives, Kim Gi Jung/Kim Sarang.

Apart from Fajar/Rian, Indonesia sent three other representatives who qualified for the quarter-finals. The first representatives of the women's doubles are Febriana Dwi Puji/Amalia Pratiwi, while the other two representatives from the men's and women's singles represented by Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.