Indonesian Junior Badminton Contingent Wins Suhandinata Cup 2024

Indonesian Junior Badminton Wins 2024 Suhandinata Cup/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Indonesian junior badminton contingent won the 2024 Suhandinata Cup, Saturday, October 5 in Nanchang, China. This is the second Indonesian title in the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships competition, since Indonesia won in 2019.

This year's title was won after defeating the host who has won 14 times since the first event in 1992 in Jakarta. The players also expressed their happiness on the field after being confirmed as champions with a score of 110-103.

"The appearance of Indonesian badminton junior athletes has been extraordinary, thanks to great preparation and extraordinary performance as champions of the 2024 Suhandinata Cup. Congratulations to the proud Indonesian Sports Patriots," said the Head of the Central Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Lt. Gen. Retired Marciano Norman.

The Head of the Central KONI also expressed his gratitude for the hard work of all athletes, coaches, officials and also PBSI who have succeeded in leading athletes to win.

"By becoming champions, we are all responsible for defending it, so training must be even better to ensure the next title in every international event," he continued.

The first match, the Indonesian women's singles Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari lost to Xu Wenjing 7-11.

The second match, Indonesian women's doubles Isyana Syahira Meida/Rinjani Kwinara Nastine won over Chen Fanshutian/Liu Jiayue.

The third match, Syahira Meida/Rinjani Kwinara Nastine won again over Chen Fanshutian/Liu Jiayue at their second meeting.

Furthermore, Indonesian mixed doubles Darren Aurelius/Bernadine Anindya Wardana lost to Lin Xiangyi/Liu Yuanyuan.

The fifth match, Indonesian men's singles Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah won 11-9 over Hu Zhean and changed the score to 44-40.

The sixth match, Indonesian men's doubles Anselmus/Pulung won over Hu Keyuan/Lin Xiangyi, thus changing the score to 50-45.

In the sixth match of Indonesian women's singles Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari managed to make up for her defeat by winning 11-7 over Xu Wenjing so that Indonesia's score won 66-55 over China.

Furthermore, in the seventh match, Isyana/Rinjani performed brilliantly to win 11-7 over Chen/Liu.

The eighth match, Indonesia's mixed doubles Darren/Bernadine lost 11-15 and changed the score to 88-77.

The ninth match, Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah successfully defeated Hu Zhean and the score was 99-87.

The last match, Anselmus/Pulung lost 11-16 to Hu Keyuan/Lin Xiangyi, even so the final score remained superior to Indonesia.