JAKARTA A total of four Indonesian representatives from badminton (sports) will start their struggle at the 2024 Paris Olympics starting today.
The match in the group stage will take place at the Porte De La Chapelle Arena or Adidas Arena, Saturday, July 27 evening at 16.00 WIB.
The women's doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti will be Indonesia's first representatives to act in Group A. They are scheduled to face the Japanese pair, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara.
On paper Apri/Fadia, the 2022 SEA Games gold medalists, are more favored. The reason is, in the two competitive clashes before this, the Japanese pair always lost.
The next Indonesian representatives who will fight are the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto. The 2024 All England champions met with representatives of Germany, Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel, in the preliminary Group C.
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This will be the fifth clash between the two pairs.
In the previous four clashes, Fajar/Rian won 3-1 over Lamfuss/Seidel who are now ranked 31 in the world.
Another match is Group A from the mixed doubles sector. In this number the pair Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari meets the representatives of South Korea, Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun.
Rinov/Pitha have so far won a 2-0 record. The two pairs last met in the last 32 of the 2022 Asian Games individual number through a rubber game 21-15, 16-21, 21-19.
Meanwhile, another match is Group L from the men's singles sector. In this number, the third seed Jonatan Christie will meet with the Belgian singles, Julien Carraggi.
This is the first time the two players have met each other on the field. On paper, Jonathan has a higher chance than Carraggi.
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