Gregoria Hopes To Win The 2024 Olympics Bronze Medal

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung hopes to win at the Japan Open 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung hopes that the bronze medal she brings home from the 2024 Paris Olympics can provide a lever for her achievements in future tournaments.

The 2017 junior world champion badminton player said that he wanted to be able to get the title, especially for some important events left until the end of this year.

"I think it's because badminton is quite busy in schedule, so I will focus on the World Tour which is still there until the end of the year. I hope my achievements can be good. I can win," said Gregoria.

The closest tournament Gregoria will be participating in is the Japan Open 2024 next week. The tournament will take place on 20-28 August 2024.

At the Super 750 BWF level event, Gregoria was present as the fourth seed. This badminton player from Wonogiri will start his journey against Hong Kong representative, Lo Sin Yan Happy, in the first round.

Gregoria admits that the trip back and forth between Paris and preparations while there is quite draining energy. However, he has prepared himself well to pursue the target.

"Starting from yesterday returning from Paris, I have tried to practice a little bit. Starting from the beginning because I was in Paris for almost a month. So, of course, jetlag and others are still felt and have different sleep hours," he said.

Gregoria is one of two Indonesian women's singles who will appear at the Japan Open 2024. She went there with Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo.

In the current draw, Indonesia has a total of 12 representatives spread across four sectors. The only sector that does not send representatives to the Japan Open 2024 is the women's doubles.

Indonesia has not brought home the title from the Japan Open for a long time. Finally, the Red-White representatives who triumphed there were the men's doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in 2019.

At that time, the couple defended the title for the third time in a row after defeating their compatriots in the final, Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan.