Ana/Tiwi's Women's Doubles Are More Motivated After Winning The Australian Open 2024 Badminton

Indonesian women's doubles badminton player Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma (left) and Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi. (ANTARA PHOTO/M Risyal Hidayat/hp.)

JAKARTA - Indonesian women's doubles Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi admitted that they were increasingly motivated to perform better after bringing home the Australian Open 2024 title.

This is the BWF World Tour title as well as Ana/Tiwi's first BWF Super 500 tournament title so far.

"Of course I am very grateful for the first title in the Super 500 level tournament. This success adds confidence and is a motivation for the future. I feel touched and happy," said Tiwi, quoted from a brief statement from PP PBSI, Sunday.

"Thankful and happy to be able to get the title at the Super 500 level for the first time. This success can increase self-confidence in the future," Ana added, as quoted by Antara.

The Ana/Tiwi pair won the Australian Open 2024 title after winning a gamerubber over Malaysia's Lai Pei Jing/Lim Chiew Sien in the top party with a score of 12-21, 21-7, 21-13.

Regarding the course of the match, the pair who played second seed in the tournament admitted that they lacked tactical play in the first game.

Ana/Tiwi said, in the first game, they wanted to attack too much and a lot of football disposal was less accurate, and instead backfired on themselves.

"In the first game we haven't found the pattern of the game we wanted. Also we were too hasty to attack. In the second and third games we got the game pattern. So we could play better and the results won," said Ana.

"In the second and third games we tried to change the pattern of the game and thank God everything went well," added Tiwi.

Meanwhile, Indonesia brought home one title and two runner-up titles Australian Open 2024. Women's singles Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo brought home the runner-up title after losing to Japanese second seed Aya Ohori through a rubber game. tight 21-17, 19-21, 16-21 in the final round.

Then the men's doubles Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan came out as runners-up after the first seeded pair from China He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu in the final round through two straight games, 11-21, 10-21.