JAKARTA - Indonesian women's doubles Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto won the 2022 Indonesia International Challenge (IIC) badminton tournament in Malang City, East Java, Sunday after defeating Sayaka Hobara/Hinata Suzuki with a score of 21-16 and 21-18.
The victory of the pair Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto in the final match against the Japanese representative made the host Indonesia achieve the two highest achievements at IIC 2022, after previously having achieved mixed doubles Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
"Most Japanese couples play patiently and we have to be calmer. That was the key to our game earlier," said Ribka Sugiarto after the match, quoted by Antara.
In the second game, the Indonesian pair had won with 20-10 points over the Japanese pair. However, this condition turned out to make Lanny in a hurry to finish the game so that the Hobara/Suzuki pair were able to catch up.
The Japanese pair were able to add eight points in a row and approached with points that Lanny/Ribka got. Lanny admitted that at the end of the second game he felt a little panicked because the Japanese pair were able to be patient and could catch up.
"I was in a hurry, I wanted to end up so I threw away a lot of points and panicked. But finally we both reminded me. I panic more, and Ribka calms me a lot," said Lanny.
Indonesia still has the opportunity to return to being the best through the men's doubles Pramudya Kusumawardhana/Rahmat Hidayat who will face the Japanese pair Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera.
The Indonesia International Challenge 2022, which was held 11-16 October, was attended by 238 athletes from 13 countries. And this tournament is fighting for a total prize of 15 thousand United States (US) dollars.
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