2024 Olympics: Successful Revenge, Gregoria Eliminates Intanon To The Semifinals

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA - Gregoria Mariska Tunjung secured the women's singles semifinal ticket at the 2024 Paris Olympics after eliminating Thailand's representative, Ratchanok Intanon, two straight games.

The quarter-final match took place at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, Sabut, August 3, 2024. Gregoria won the party with a score of 25-23 and 21-9.

The duel was tight in the first game. The two players chased numbers up to the interval.

The position was drawn four times after the break of 15-15. Intanon got three lucky points so he got away 18-15.

However, Gregoria did not give up. Slowly but surely he chased Intanon until the score returned to a 19-19 draw.

Gregoria then got the game point, but failed to close the set at the first opportunity after Intanon forced the brace.

In this important duel of points, Intanon was recorded to have won three times before Gregoria repeatedly equalized to 23-23.

Gregoria was then able to close the first game sweetly after getting two points in a row.

In the second game, Gregoria was in the wind. Despite having a fierce duel until the position was equally strong 6-6, he drove away from Intanon 11-6 at the interval.

Intanon's appearance continued to decline after the break. The points did not increase until Gregoria took the lead 19-6.

With ease, the only Indonesian badminton representative at the 2024 Paris Olympics sealed the second game with a score of 21-9 after getting 14 points in a row.

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung has been waiting for the first seed for the 2024 Olympics, An Se Young (South Korea) in the semifinals on August 4, 2024 local time.