China Open 2025: Gregoria Wins First Victory

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the first round of the China Open 2025 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung passed the first round of the China Open 2025, which was the first victory of the two tournaments she underwent after recovering from health problems.

The Wonogiri-born athlete got a ticket to the second half after a two-game battle againstung Sugiyama from Japan which ended with a score of 23-21 and 21-9 on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, afternoon WIB.

The 25-year-old badminton player previously played his first tournament since April 2025 at the Japan Open 2025 last week and ran aground in the first half.

"My performance last week was far below what I wanted. Not only about results, but in terms of games it was not satisfied and not happy," said the athlete who was called Jorji.

Gregoria got a steep path in the first game, taking turns with opponents chasing numbers throughout the match. He then dominated in the second game even though there was two equal positions.

"In the second game, apart from increasing self-confidence, the field conditions are also more comfortable implementing the game I want. I also don't make a lot of mistakes myself," said Gregoria.

The 2017 junior world champion is Indonesia's second representative to reach the second round of the BWF Super 1000 level event. He followed in the footsteps of Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

Indonesia has also lost two representatives so far from the singles. They are the men's singles of Alwi Farhan and the women's singles Kusuma Wardani.

Putri's defeat made the women's singles now just have to hope that Gregoria, who in the second half will face Lin Hsiang Ti from China Taipei.