Greysia / Apriyani Determined To Gusur Lee / Shin In Thailand Open II Semifinal

Greysia / Apriyani (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's women's doubles Greysia Polii / Apriyani is determined to win the semifinal match of the Toyota Thailand Open 2021 which will be held on Saturday at Impact Arena, Bangkok.

In the last four match of the Super 1000 badminton tournament, the fifth seed Greysia / Apriyani will challenge the third seeded pair from South Korea Lee So Hee / Shin Seung Chan.

"We will do our best for tomorrow's semifinal match against seed South Korea. We don't want to lose. We want to win. That spirit is our source of energy in facing tomorrow's match, ”Apriyani said as quoted by Antara from the BWF website, Friday.

Based on BWF records, this match will be the sixth meeting for the two couples. From the previous five meetings, Greysia / Apriyani has bagged four wins.

However, if you look at the ranking, Lee / Shin is more favored because it is currently ranked fourth in the world, while Greysia / Apriyani is ranked eighth in the world.

The two seeded pairs last met in the semifinals of the Yonex Thailand Open 2021 which was held just last week. At that time, Greysia / Apriyani won the rubber game over the pair from Ginseng Country with a score of 15-21, 21-15, 21-16.

Before stepping into the semifinals of the Toyota Thailand Open, Greysia / Apriyani eliminated the Danish women's doubles Alexandra Boje / Mette Poulsen with a score of 21-9, 21-17 in the quarter-finals which took place on Friday.

According to Greysia, the key to her victory at that time was to consistently implement their game patterns well. In addition, they increase the tempo of play and increase the power when hitting, so the ball is not affected by the wind.

“In the second game, we played against the wind and they (Boje / Poulsen) realized that. At that time, we only thought about keeping our pattern, but we also have to play fast and hit as hard as possible. We have to close the gap so they can't attack us, "said Greysia.

After Greysia / Apriyani, Indonesia still has men's doubles Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan who will compete in the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open against British pair Ben Lane / Sean Vendy.