JAKARTA Darren Aurelius/Bernadine Anindya Wardana, the only Indonesian mixed doubles pair remaining at the 2024 Junior World Championships, gets a ticket to the quarter-finals.
The third seed continued their positive trend by facing the path of China's Taipei representative, Shao Hua Chiu/Yan Fei Chen, two straight games 21-17 and 21-15, on Thursday, October 10, 2024, noon WIB.
In that match, Darren/Bernadine only got a small obstacle early in the first game. After that, they could score a four-point lead in the interval.
"We had doubts about playing it, but the coach continued to remind us to be confident so that in the end we could refocus and play the pattern we wanted," Bernadine said.
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As for the second game they were dominant from start to finish. They started with four consecutive points and were not overtaken by the opponent after that.
In the quarter-finals, Friday, October 11, 2024, Darren/Bernadine have been waiting for host representatives Wang Zi Heng/Cao Zi Han. The couple repatriated representatives of Japan, Masato Yamashiro/Sora Hatakeyama.
"They have an aggressive game. Speed and power are quite large too, so we have to be aware of that. We are trying our best, to show our best performance as much as possible," said Darren.
In another match, Ricky Duta Richardo's men's singles also successfully advanced to the quarter-finals after winning 21-17 and 21-17 over Mateusz Golas from Poland.
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