2024 BAC Results: Immediately Lost, Bagas/Fikri Did Not Qualify For The 2024 Olympics

The men's doubles pair Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri appeared in the 2024/Doc Badminton Asia Championship (BAC). PBSI

JAKARTA – Men's Doubles Bagas Maulana / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri immediately lost in the first round of the 2024 Badminton Asia Championship (BAC). The pair surrendered in the hands of representatives of Thailand Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren 21-15, 16-21, and 17-21 within 76 minutes at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Zhejiang, China. This result makes the opportunity for the All England 2022 champion to get a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics in the middle of this year, it is certain that it will be closed. “Ya disappointed. I am disappointed by this result. The opportunity to go to the Paris Olympics is closed. There are no more opportunities, Bagas said after the match, in a statement received. Currently Bagas/Fikri are still outside the top eight qualifiers to Paris. In fact, the requirement to qualify for the event is to be in the top eight when the qualification ends. To keep the chance to qualify for the four-year multi-branch event, Bagas/Fikri need to come out as champions in the last tournament to qualify for this Olympics. Failure in the BAC has made it certain that the Bagas/Fikri ranking will not be able to meet the requirements. For this reason, Indonesia may only have one representative from the men's doubles who will appear there later. This is a lesson for me in the future. Even so, I am still grateful, if it fails this year hopefully in the next four years, we can qualify for the Olympics, said Bagas.

Apart from Bagas/Fikri, the women's doubles pair Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto also felt defeat. The pair fell in two straight games against first seed Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan.