JAKARTA - Gregoria Mariska Tunjung will meet the first seed from South Korea, An Se-young, in the semifinals of the India Open 2025 at Indira Gandhi Arena, Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 18.30 WIB.
The match was not easy for the Indonesian women's singles. You see, Gregoria has never won in nine competitive meetings before.
Gregoria and An Se-young have met at the 2022 Australian Open, Malaysia Masters 2022, All England 2022, India Open 2023, Singapore Open 2024, Paris Olympics 2024, twice at the BWF World Tour Finals (2022 and 2023), and most recently at the Denmark Open 2024.
Seeing this minor note, Gregoria has ambitions to break eggs in order to improve the statistics of the encounter.
"Obviously I am determined to do my best against An Se-young. Not an easy opponent, but hopefully I can play loose, I want to make the burden motivation," said Gregoria on the PBSI website.
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The first move to the top four is Gregoria's first achievement in 2025. Previously at the Malaysia Open 2025, he had run aground in the first half.
Meanwhile, Gregoria stepped into the semifinals of the India Open 2025 after overthrowing the host representative Pusarla V. Sindhu with a score of 21-9, 19-21, and 21-17 on Friday, January 17, 2025.
The victory over Pusarla was also used as an additional spirit to meet An Se-young.
"It's great to be able to play loose in the third game even though in the second game I really showed a change that shouldn't be."
"I played hesitant when the opponent changed the pattern of the game. Luckily it didn't really affect me in the third game. I could still hold back from playing better."
"Before going to the match against An Se-young, I want to be grateful for the results against Pusarla. This is my first semifinal in 2025," said Gregoria.
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung is one of two Indonesian representatives who qualified for the semifinals of the India Open 2025.
One other name is Jonatan Christie's men's singles who will also face strong opponents in the top four, namely Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), at 21.00 WIB.
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