JAKARTA - Indonesian badminton players who are members of the PP PBSI national training camp (pelatnas) in Cipayung, Jakarta departed for Birmingham, England, Friday, March 10 evening WIB to take part in the BWF World Tour Super 1,000 All England 2023 on March 14-19.
They are divided into two groups of departures for technical reasons. Men's singles Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, and Rionny Mainaky's Head of Development and Achievement, as well as women's doubles coach Eng Hian flew with Turkish Airlines (TK57) at 21:40 WIB.
While the rest use Emirates Airlines (EK359) Saturday, March 11 in the morning or precisely at 5 o'clock.
Rionny Mainaky advised badminton players to maintain conditions considering the long journey to England.
"The preparation of the children is good, before departure everyone is in a pretty good condition. I hope they can maintain conditions because the distance to travel there will be long," said Rionny as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 11. "I advised them to fight as much as possible to win the title," he said.
Overall, Indonesia has 27 athletes competing in the world's oldest badminton tournament. For the men's singles sector, there are four athletes who will compete. Apart from Shesar, there are also Jonatan Christie, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.
Then from the women's singles sector there is only one Red and White representative, namely Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
In the men's doubles number there are six pairs, namely, Fajar Alfian/Rian Ardianto, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana, Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Rambitan, Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya, and Leo Rolly/Daniel Marthin.
The women's doubles sector is also only one representative, namely Apriyani/Fadia. From mixed doubles numbers there are Rinov Rivaldy/Phita Haningtyas Mentari, Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati, Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti, and Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.
Indonesian men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto are more concerned about how to anticipate extreme weather in England than the title as the first seed in the BWF World Tour Super 1,000 All England 2023 in Birmingham, on March 14-19 2023.
"In England, we received news that the weather was quite extreme with temperatures reaching minus 5 degrees Celsius. We are trying to adapt to that situation. The most important thing is how to keep conditions high," Rian said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Friday.
The same thing was also expressed by Fajar, who was more anticipating the cold temperature in England, which is the location for the world's oldest badminton championship.
"We don't really think about the world number one status in All England, it feels the same as the previous All England. But there must be tension and it's natural for all players, this is a prestigious tournament. It's true, Rian said, we want to try to anticipate colder and snowier weather," said Fajar.
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