JAKARTA Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti stopped at the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open 2022 after losing dramatically three games 17-21, 21-14, and 21-12 to Japanese representatives Namibia Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida at Jyske Bank Arena, Denmark, Friday, October 21 evening WIB.
Apri/Fadia opened the first game brilliantly, stealing four points in a row. The Japanese pair then equalized three times before trailing two points at the interval.
After the break, the world number four immediately scored two points in a row to identify the score. The two pairs began to take turns scoring after that.
Apri/Fadia were only able to move away after the same position 15-15. Matsuyama/Shida only added two points after that so that the first game became Indonesia's property.
In the second game Matsuyama/Shida began to dominate by producing six consecutive points after playing equally strong in the first four points. They then took a five-point lead during the break.
The distance of numbers was never smaller after that. The Japanese pair also successfully won this game by a difference of seven points and forced the match to continue into the deciding game.
Matsuyama/Shida were again strong in the third game and immediately got two points. After equal standing 3-3, they continued to move away until they took the lead with a gap of six points at halftime.
Apri/Fadia's points went very slowly after that. On the other hand, Matsuyama/Shida continued to be in the wind until they locked up 21-12 wins to ensure tickets to the semifinals.
This defeat made Apri/Fadia and Matsuyama/Shida have a record of winning-loss as strong as 1-1. Previously, Apri/Fadia defeated this pair at the Malaysia Open last June.
After this there are still four Indonesian representatives who will play. From the men's singles number, Jonatan Christie will compete against Malaysia's representative, Lee Zii Jia. Currently, Jonathan is winning 4-2 over his potential opponent.
The remaining three representatives are all from the men's doubles number. The first men's doubles is Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto who will meet the Chinese Taipei Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han pair.
Meanwhile, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo had to face their juniors, namely the 2019 junior world champion pair Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin.
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