Gregoria Mariska Tunjung To The 2023 Malaysia Masters Final

Women's singles badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in appearance at the Malaysia Masters 2023 (photo: dock. PBSI)

JAKARTA - Women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung successfully reached the final round of the Malaysia Masters 2023 after successfully stopping India's Pusarla V. Sindhu.

Gregoria, who is the seventh seed, beat the sixth seed with a score of 21-14 and 21-17 at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, May 27, 2023.

This result made Gregoria the first Indonesian women's singles player to reach the Superseries/Super-500+ final since Maria Kristin Yulianti at the 2008 Indonesia Open.

Gregoria really performed well and forced his opponent to play tight at the start of the first game. However, he had to be three points behind in the interval.

Pusarla only added one point after that when Gregoria scored eight points to beat him back.

Gregoria really couldn't be stopped anymore after leading with a four-point advantage. He won the game after being able to force his opponent to only produce two points.

In the second game Gregoria was 1-3 behind before chasing and equalizing the score to 5-5. Gregoria's narrow advantage was then owned when the match entered the interval.

After the break, Gregoria did not give her opponent the opportunity to freely add points. The 2017 junior world champion then advanced to the final after finishing the game with a 21-17 victory.