China Masters 2024, Indonesia Titleless After Men's Doubles Become Runner Up

Jonathan Christie. (doc. PBSI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia failed to win the title at the 2024 China Masters. This situation occurred after the last representative in the men's doubles, Sabar Karyaman/Mohammad Reza, only finished in runner-up position.

Appearing in the final match held at the Shenzhen Gymnasium on Sunday, November 24 evening WIB, Sabar/Reza faced South Korean representatives, Jin Yong/Seo Seung Jae.

In this deciding round, Sabar/Reza lost in two straight games. Both were left behind with a final score of 16-21 and 16-21.

From the start, the world's 13th-ranked pair often made a series of mistakes so that they fell behind the South Korean pair. Having closed the gap to 3-4, Sabar/Reza then fell behind until the early interval belonged to the South Korean representatives with a score of 11-6.

After the break, Jin/Seo's domination of points continued, but Sabar/Reza also refused to give up until they were able to get within three points. Unfortunately, Sabar/Reza could not get closer because the mistakes they made made them fall behind again 16-21 at the end of the first game.

The second game was immediately colored by alternating points from both pairs. From a draw of 2-2, Sabar/Reza then fell behind 3-6. Although they managed to catch up, in the second interval Sabar/Reza fell behind again at 8-11.

Jin/Seo immediately added two points after the break and Sabar/Reza did not remain silent. The pair who had been in the PBSI national training center continued to try to get points and reduce the distance.

Sabar/Reza had locked Jin/Seo at 20 for a while, but the Indonesian pair had to be satisfied with the runner-up title at the 2024 China Masters after losing 16-21 in the second game.

This result made Indonesia fail to win the title, because the previous representative, Jonatan Christie who appeared in the men's singles was also held in the runner-up position.