Denmark Open 2024: Gregoria Meets An Se-young In Semifinals

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung stepped into the semifinals of the Denmark Open 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung received a tough challenge in the semifinals of the Denmark Open 2024 because she had to meet the first seed from South Korea, An Se-young.

The bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics reached the semifinals after fighting the rubber game to beat Pusarla V. Sindhu with a score of 21-13, 16-21, and 21-9 on Friday, October 18, 2024, WIB night.

The achievement was Gregoria's first victory in four recent meetings with the women's singles badminton player from India.

As a whole, this is the third victory of the 2017 junior world champion over Sindhu from a total of 13 of their competitive clashes.

Two of his wins before that occurred in 2023 at the Spanish Masters and Malaysia Masters. After that, Gregoria lost three times in a row before winning in Denmark.

Gregoria became the first Indonesian badminton player to qualify for the semifinals of the Denmark Open 2024 from four Red-White representatives who fought in the quarter-finals.

Unfortunately, Gregoria's victory failed to be followed by mixed doubles Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. The couple had to go home after being beaten by the second seed from China, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin.

Meanwhile, clashing with An Se-young will be a tough test for Gregoria. The reason is, in the previous eight duels, Gregoria was recorded as having never won.

Gregoria and An Se-young last met in the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics on August 4, 2024. At that time, Gregoria was forced to give up in a three-game match.