Malaysia Open 2024: Gregoria Loses In Quarter Finals

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung was stopped at the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung failed to reach the semifinals of the Malaysia Open 2024 after losing against Chen Yufei.

The seventh seed was forced to surrender two straight games 13-21 and 17-21 by the Chinese representative at the Axiata Arena, Friday, January 12, 2024.

"The biggest record is in the first game because I made a lot of mistakes myself that I shouldn't have done. Because of that, in the second game Chen Yu Fei saw his confidence increase," said Gregoria.

Gregoria gave resistance in the second game after being dominated by opponents in the first game. Unfortunately, after the 12-12 position, the Indonesian representative could no longer catch up.

"You could say in the second game I started to find rhythm and game control, but again I made a lot of mistakes myself," he said.

"Indeed, there are differences in field conditions today, but that is not an excuse because the opponent also feels it. It can be seen several times that I made a miscontrol. However, maybe the difference is that he can control it more quickly," he said.

This defeat makes Gregoria now have a 3-8 winning-loss record against Chen Yufei.

In fact, in the previous clashes in the final of the Kumamoto Japan Masters 2023, Gregoria successfully beat his rival.

Gregoria's defeat makes Indonesia now just have to hope that Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto will appear this afternoon.