Men's Singles Deni Triansyah And Salsabila/Adelia Doubles To The Quarter-finals Of IIC 2025

Men's singles Deni Triansyah qualified for the quarter-finals of the BNI Indonesia International Challenge 2025. (special)

YOGYAKARTA - Indonesia placed its representatives in the men's singles and women's doubles in the quarter-finals of the BNI Indonesia International Challenge (IIC) 2025. In a duel at GOR Amonggrogo, Yogyakarta, Thursday, November 20, 2025, singles player Dendi Triansyah managed to qualify for the last eight after eliminating Chinese representative Taipei, Ju-Sheng Cheng. Meanwhile, the women's doubles Salsabila Zahra Aulia/Adelia Nirul M had to work hard to beat Xin Huang/Liang Ting Yu (China Taipei).

The competition became tighter when entering the final round at IIC. Dendi, who played in the men's singles number, showed his best performance against Ju-Sheng Cheng. He did not encounter any significant obstacles when he played his opponent in the round of 16 and won convincingly 21-16, 21-13.

The victory was the third from the meeting of the two players. Like the previous two matches, Dendi still appeared dominant and was able to implement an effective strategy to overcome his opponent's style of play.

In addition, he played quite calmly and confidently. The previous victory became Dendi's valuable capital for Ju-Sheng Cheng.

The key is to play calmly and confidently. In addition, his type of game [Ju-Sheng Cheng] is indeed slow. Incidentally, I also used to play slowly so that the strategy I implemented could run well and make the opponent difficult," said Dendi.

"Taiwan players [China Taipei] on average do have strong grips. So we have to be calmer because this makes it easier to anticipate it," he said again.

Dendi is also ready to face the next match in the quarter-finals. According to him, the tournament has entered the crucial round so it must remain focused and reduce the use of gadgets.

When entering a crucial round like this, non-technical factors must be considered. For example, diet, sleep and especially reducing the use of gadgets. In addition, you have to play more confident," he asserted.

Meanwhile, the women's doubles Salsabila Zahra Aulia/Adelia Nirul got into a marathon battle against the Chinese Taipei doubles, Ke Xin Huang/Liang Ting Yu. After struggling hard in three games, the Salsabila/Adelia pair closed the match with a score of 21-14, 17-21, and 21-17. They also qualified for the quarter-finals.

"A tight match. Moreover, we are still adapting to winning and losing the wind. We have to be able to keep the game straight in," said Salsabila.

Second game, we did have slack because we lost momentum. When the opponent can catch up with points, we are confused and in a hurry to finish the game quickly," he added.

Meanwhile, Adelia Nirul expressed the tension she felt because this was her first participation in the IIC tournament. "It was quite tense because it was the first time IC. We are also still adapting, especially in terms of playing overseas players," said Adelia.

On the other hand, the women's singles Ruzana, must recognize the superiority of sixth seed Peng Yu Wei. Ruzana gave up in two straight games with a score of 13-21 and 19-21.

Despite being stopped, Ruzana was grateful to be able to finish the match without injury. He admitted that during the match, he was more often controlled by opponents.

The first game died a lot on its own and the focus was lost. The self-defense opponent is pretty good even though the attack is not so deadly. It's just that I die a lot on my own and it benefits the opponent," said Ruzana.