So Indonesia's Mainstay In The Women's Doubles Sector, Apri/Fadia Demanded To Stay Consistent

Indonesian women's doubles pair, Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA - Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti are now Indonesia's mainstay pair in the women's doubles sector. They even made several achievements even though they had recently been paired.

Many hope that this couple can maintain its consistency. One of them is the former Indonesian women's doubles, Greysia Polii.

According to Greysia, the Apri/Fadia pair, who are now ranked at the top of the national women's doubles, have shown positive performance since their debut this year at the Vietnam SEA Games to win two titles from the BWF Super Series event.

"I always support them. Now Apri and Fadia have been tested in the early few matches and it's just a matter of keeping their consistency," said Greysia, as quoted by Antara, Monday, November 28.

"They must be more compact, especially they must be able to prepare a reserve strategy during the match," continued the former Indonesian player who before retiring was paired with Apriyani.

The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist has been monitoring the development of Indonesian women's doubles since hanging up his racket. He saw that his ex-partner also experienced development and could be a role model for Fadia

Apri/Fadia's technical abilities are fairly good and are even able to win the titles from the Malaysia Open and Singapore Open. Even so, Greysia assessed that the 15th ranked women's doubles must deepen their cohesiveness off the field.

"If you look at it, Apri/Fadia must be consistent at the top level, and they have done that since they were at the lower level. I hope they will always fight, including maintaining cohesiveness outside the field. It will be useful if in the field you have to change your strategy, it can be easier to execute it," said Greysia.

Based on the records of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on its official website, the Apri/Fadia pair have undergone eight tournaments in the 2022 season with the achievement of two titles and one runner-up at the Indonesia Masters.

However, Apri/Fadia were dominantly stopped in the quarter-finals in four tournaments, namely the Indonesia Open, Malaysia Masters, Japan Open, and the Denmark Open. In addition, the results of the French Open which became the last tournament this year became Apri/Fadia's lowest point after being stopped in the first round.

Responding to these statistics, Greysia sees that it is still normal because it is part of the development process.

"When it comes to Apri/Fadia losing at the beginning, it's normal, yes, it's part of their processes and developments. There are ups and downs as well. The message is that you have to hold on to the current situation, people's expectations are high, so you have to hold on," concluded Greysia.