Denmark Open 2023 Results: Calm Game Brings Gregoria To Win Over Japanese Representative Nozumi Okuhara

Indonesian women's singles, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. (Photo: Twitter/@INA_Badminton)

JAKARTA - The women's tuunggal, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung managed to secure victory in the first round of the Denmark Open 2023. Defeating the Japanese representative, Gregoria followed Anthony Ginting who first qualified.

Gregoria's victory over Nozomi Okuhara occurred when the two met at Jyske Bank Arena, Odense on Tuesday, October 17 afternoon WIB. Facing Nozomi, Gregoria, who is the 7th seed, won in two straight games with a score of 21-11 and 21-12.

Gregoria admitted that this smooth performance could not be separated from the pattern of calm play she applied. Gregoria also got a little advantage because the opponent this time was in a bad situation.

"Today I played quite calmly which made me not make many mistakes myself. That's what I did from the start," said Gregoria Mariska, quoted from PBSI's official statement.

"Because of course Nozomi is also a good player even though we both know that he is not in the best condition," he continued about the opponent's condition.

Gregoria is clearly grateful but he realizes the challenges ahead are getting tougher. For that Gregoria tries to focus on going through every game and doesn't want to be disturbed by anything outside of that.

"Praise God, I am quite happy with today's victory, but in the future the opponent will definitely get tougher. I want to focus one by one on the game first, I don't want to be distracted by anything that can disturb me," he said.

After winning over Nozomi, Gregoria will face the winner of the match between Kirsty Gilmour and Pusarla V Sindhu whose appearance cannot be underestimated.