Indonesia Masters 2024: Paccyk Holds Mixed Doubles Continuing

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati lost in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA The wait for Indonesia's mixed doubles to become champions at the Indonesia Masters still has to continue after Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati lost in the quarter-finals.

Rehan/Lisa returned from Indonesia Masters 2024 after losing two straight games with a score of 15-21 and 16-21 against the Danish pair, Jesper Toft/Clara Graversen, at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday, January 26, 2024, afternoon WIB.

Jesper/Clara are the couple who started their journey in this Super 500 BWF level event from the qualifying round. However, Rehan/Lisa had to acknowledge Jesper/Clara's superiority in their first competitive clashes.

"Earlier we were under constant pressure and could not be separated from pressure, while they were more released. On the other hand, we ourselves played at home so there must be pressure too," said Rehan after the match.

The quarter-finals are Rehan/Lisa's furthest steps from the three tournaments they have participated in earlier this year. In the previous two tournaments, their steps only reached the second half.

The two tournaments in question are the Malaysia Open and India Open 2024. In the first tournament, their steps were tackled by the first seed, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, while in India they were beaten by Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin.

Rehan said that this result had shown progress even though no title had yet been obtained. However, there are still things they will evaluate to deal with the next events.

"If the progress must exist. It is impossible to see that there is no progress, but there must be an evaluation after losing. There must also be an evaluation. The coach must have prepared a plan that we will face next. Of course we have to be more prepared," he said.

The results obtained by Rehan/Lisa were quite surprising. The reason is, in the round of 16 they had just shown a slick performance against the sixth seed from Malaysia, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei.

Rehan/Lisa's defeat made Indonesia's mixed doubles in this event run out. This means that the wait for the Red and White to lift the title in the mixed doubles at the Indonesia Masters still has to continue.

The last time Indonesian mixed doubles raised their title at the Indonesia Masters was in 2016 through Ronald Alexander/Melati Daeva Oktavianti.