India Open 2024: Gregoria Qualifies For Second Round

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to the next round of the India Open 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Indonesian women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung qualified for the second round of the 2024 India Open after almost having no trouble stopping Sung Shuo Yun.

The 24-year-old badminton player sealed a win of two straight games 21-10 and 21-15 in 34 minutes at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall, Delhi, India, Tuesday, January 16, 2024, afternoon WIB.

Gregoria started the first set with five points in a row. He continued to dominate afterwards and managed to take the lead with a gap of nine points at the time of the interval.

After that, Gregoria scored two consecutive points again. Even though he had stalled after that, he was able to secure the first game with a difference of 11 points.

At the start of the second game, Gregoria got tougher resistance. Sung managed to catch up twice and equalized the score before leading 11-8 at half-time.

However, after the break Gregoria could no longer be caught. He comfortably got the match point 20-15 and immediately succeeded in the first attempt to repatriate Sung.

This is Gregoria's fourth win over China Taipei's representative. Two of the previous three wins took place last year, respectively at the Indonesia Masters and Japan Open.

Meanwhile, another win came at the junior level in 2015. At that time, they met on the World Junior Mixed Team Championships or Junior Mixed Team World Championships.