Gregoria Mariska's Play Is Missing

KET. PHOTO: Women's singles badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. (Doc. INSTAGRAM @gregoriamrska)

JAKARTA Out of the tournament for approximately three months makes the playing instincts of the women's singles badminton player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung disappear.

This was conveyed by the women's singles coach Imam Tohari evaluating the results obtained by his team at the Japan Open 2025, which was his first tournament since last April.

"For Gregoria, after being absent for three months, her missing way of playing and playing instincts have not found the proper rhythm of the game," said Imam.

Gregoria was sidelined for a long time due to vertigo problems after appearing in the 2025 Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) in China. Long time no play apparently had a big influence on Gregoria.

His journey in Japan immediately ran aground in the first half. He gave up two straight games against the host's daughter Riko Gunji's arrears.

Imam said that playing in events with Super 750 and 1000 levels requires endurance because there are usually many long rallies.

"M Gregoria's agility and punches also have limitations. So these are lessons for him ahead of the World Championships later," he said.

Gregoria's appearance is inversely proportional to her colleague Putri Kusuma Wardani, who was able to reach the quarter-finals before falling against Wang Zhi Yi from China.

Gregoria and Putri will next play at the 2025 China Open next week. This is the last Super 1000 BWF level tournament in the competition calendar this season.