JAKARTA - The bitter result was received by Indonesian men's singles, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open 2022. He lost to Japanese representative Kenta Nishimoto.

Appearing at Maruzen Intec Osaka Arena, Japan on Friday, September 2 afternoon, Chico gave up after struggling through three games. In the match which lasted 79 minutes, Chico lost with the final score 21-14, 17-21 and 18-21.

Chico's defeat in the quarter-finals was a major blow for the representatives of Indonesia. Because, as the last performer, he is also the only hope to appear in the semifinals.

In fact, Indonesia sent five representatives in the quarter-finals consisting of two women's doubles, one men's doubles and each in the men's and women's singles.

Opened the appearance of the women's doubles through Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia, Indonesia failed to pass the first representative because the pair lost in the hands of the first-placed Chinese representative, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan.

Hope to roll into the women's singles and other women's doubles numbers represented by Gregoria Mariska and Febriana Dwi Puji/Amalia Pratiwi. However, these two representatives also failed to qualify for the semifinals.

The men's doubles and men's singles sectors, which are the final opportunities, also did not provide many changes. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian also fell after passing the rubber game against representatives of China, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's last hope to send its deputy to the semifinals was also released because Chico was accompanied by Nishimoto. That way, Indonesia's struggle was over in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open 2022.


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