Greysia / Apriyani Defeated By Third Place In The Semifinals Of Thailand Open II

Indonesian women's doubles Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's representatives in the women's doubles sector Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu failed to make their move to the final of the Toyota Thailand Open 2021 after being tackled by the third seeded pair from South Korea Lee So Hee / Shin Seng Chan.

Reported by Antara, Saturday, January 23, in the semifinal match which took place at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Saturday, Greysia / Apriyani, the fifth seed, were defeated by Lee / Shin in two games lasting 58 minutes with a score of 16-21, 18-21. .

In the first game, Greysia / Apriyani took the starting points. However, Lee / Shin then drew 3-3 and continued to lead to a 9-8 lead.

The Garuda representative played fast and again drew 9-9. Greysia / Apriyani returned to lead.

But soon, the pair from the land of Ginseng kicked off the Greysia / Apriyani defense. They leveled the position to 16-16, then won five points without reply, as well as won 21-16 in the first game.

Entering the second game, the fight between the two couples is getting fiercer. Throughout the match, they attack each other and steal each other's points.

Even several times they both drew and took turns leading the scoring.

Unfortunately, near the end of the game, the Greysia / Apriyani defense began to loose. They are also not readily returning the balls from the opponent. Often missed, they finally fell to their knees with a closing score of 18-21.

Based on BWF records, this match was 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 the country of Ginseng with a score of 15-21, 21-15, 21-16.

Losing Greysia / Apriyani, Indonesia still has the world's second ranked men's doubles Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan who will play the semi-final at the Super 1000 level tournament against sixth seed from Taiwan Lee Yang / Wang Chi-Lin.