The Notch Of Two Direct Games From The World's Second Women's Singles Winning, Gregoria Mariska Runner-up Australian Open 2022

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung had to settle for being runners-up at the 2022 Australian Open after losing to South Korean first seed An Se Young at the peak of the Super 300 tournament at the Quay Center, Sydney, Sunday, November 20.

As reported by Antara, Gregoria, who for the first time penetrated the BWF World Tour final, lost two straight games 17-21, 9-21 in a 36-minute match, according to BWF records.

These results extend Gregoria's poor record in his meeting with An Se Young. The world number two women's singles also defeated Gregoria in the previous two meetings in the semifinals of Malaysia Masters 2022 and the last 32 of the All England 2022.

The first game went into a draw even though Gregoria had to start behind. However, the Indonesian women's singles benefited a lot from the points of An Se Young's own mistakes before the blow in front of Gregoria's net gave her an 11-9 lead at the time of the interval.

After the break, Gregoria was still able to keep up with An Se Young through several nettings that often made it difficult for the South Korean representative. But after that, Gregoria made more mistakes by herself until the first game ended with a score of 21-17 for An's victory.

The second game was more difficult for Gregoria. The world's 19th ranked women's singles could only keep up with the game at the start of the second game and had to lag 7-11 at the interval.

After the interval, Gregoria made too many mistakes herself. He also seemed to lose concentration and even pat his own cheek while making an error.

The error blow in front of the net that Gregoria repeated brought An Se Young up to grab six points in a row and change the position to 20-9. Gregoria's netting which was involved on the net also ensured An Se Young's 21-9 victory.

Even though they lost, Gregoria's achievement in qualifying for the final was quite good for the women's singles sector, which always had difficulty penetrating to the peak of the BWF World Tour tournament.