JAKARTA The men's singles Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and the women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti were immediately eliminated in the first round of 2022 Open France.
Playing at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, France, on Tuesday, October 25 evening WIB, the two Indonesian representatives had to lift their suitcases early after they both lost dramatically in the rubber game.
Chico returned home after losing three games 21-19, 19-21, and 18-21 to Japanese representative Kanta Tsuneyama, while Apri/Fadia surrendered 20-22, 21-19, and 7-21 against Malaysian pair Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan.
This defeat made Apriyani/Fadia's chance to play in the 2022 World Tour Finals even smaller. They need a miracle to qualify for the tournament.
The reason is, currently two Malaysian pairs ranked below them can catch up with them. Tan/Thinaah are still playing at the Hylo Open 2022, while Vivian Hoo/Lim Chiew Sien plays at Hylo and the Australian Open.
Before Indonesia had secured two tickets for the second round through the men's singles Jonatan Christie and women's doubles Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi.
Jonathan qualified after defeating Danish representatives Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-19 and 21-14, while Febriana/Amalia won rubber games 18-21, 21-9, and 21-13 over the German pair Stine Kuespert/Emma Moszczynski.
Meanwhile, veteran pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan had to go home early. The 2019 world champion was eliminated by representatives of Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan in two straight games 16-21 and 21-23.
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