BWF World Tour Finals 2023 Results: Bagas/Fikri Defeat Make Fajar/Rian Make Sure To Win Group B

Bagas/Fikri lost in the last match of the group BWF World Tour Finals 2023 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri, must accept defeat to Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals. Even so, this defeat resulted in sweet fruit for their compatriots, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian.

Appearing at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center in Hangzhou, China, on Friday, December 15, 2023, Bagas/Fikri lost in two straight games. They fell from Kim/Anders with a final score of 17-21 and 6-21.

Since the beginning of the match, Bagas/Fikri's appearance did look less confident. Both even fell behind three points at the beginning and continued until the first interval with a score of 7-11.

After the break, Bagas/Fikri tried to catch up on the difference, but they still looked difficult. The Indonesian men's doubles even had seven points at 10-17.

After that, Bagas/Fikri began to make improvements, three consecutive points were won in order to reduce the lag. They also approached the score of 16-19.

However, Kim Astrup/Rasmussen even won the game point at 20-16 after they won the fierce rally.

Bagas/Fikri could thwart the opponent's first chance well. However, after that they were unable to withstand Kim/Rasmussen's attack and lost with a score of 17-21 in the first game.

In the second game, Bagas/Fikri did not change much because of their efforts to turn things around for nothing. They trailed 4-11 at the interval.

After the interval, there was no significant change in terms of Bagas/Fikri's game and instead made Kim/Rasmussen able to win five points in a row and lead 16-4.

Kim/Rasmussen without difficulties mean winning match points at 20-6 and immediately finishing the match at the first chance with a 21-6 win.

Kim/Rasmussen's victory also had an impact on Fajar/Rian's position. Fajar/Rian were confirmed to be the group winners after the Danish representative defeated Bagas/Fikri.

Fajar/Rian lead the game difference (5-2) against Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (5-3), and Kim/Rasmussen (4-3) when the three both bagged two wins.