2023 World Championships: Indonesia's Representatives Don't Be Careless!

Indonesian men's singles, Jonatan Christie. (Photo: Doc. PBSI)

JAKARTA Indonesian badminton players are asked not to be careless at the 2023 Badminton World Championships even though they get a fairly easy draw.

The draw for the event was carried out by BWF on Thursday, August 10 yesterday. The majority of the 15 representatives sent received advice, aka no need to play in the first half.

"But this does not mean taking it lightly and carelessly because this is a World Championship that has its own air. So, we still have to adapt quickly and have good performance," said Head of PBSI Development and Achievement Division Rionny Mainaky.

The only Indonesian representative who immediately got the toughest opponent since the first half was Jonatan Christie's men's singles. The owner of the 2018 Asian Games gold medal will be tested by Malaysia's mainstay Lee Zii Jia.

In the same number, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, also did not get an empty draw in the first half. However, on paper their opponents counted as easier.

In the men's doubles, the four representatives who were fielded all got an empty draw in the first half. The rest were two empty draws from three representatives in the women's doubles, one in the mixed doubles from three representatives, and one in the women's singles from the two representatives who were sent.

Rionny said that even though the draw was quite good, the results of minor Indonesian athletes in the last few tournaments still had to be noted. Moreover, this event provides big points to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

"I hope yesterday's poor results can be used as motivation to replace them here. Big points for points to the Olympics must be used," he said.

This prestigious championship will take place at the Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark on August 21-27.