Praveen / Melati Beware, Junior Couples Can Make A Surprise At The PBSI Home Tournament

Photo caption: Couple Teges Satriaji Cahyo Hutomo / Indah Cahya Sari Jamil (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA - The PBSI Home Tournament for the mixed doubles sector starts today, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The senior pair Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti and Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja are of course the favorites to win. In terms of ranking and experience, it is clear that these two pairs are superior.

However, Praveen / Melati and Hafiz / Gloria must remain vigilant. The reason is, young couples have more motivation. Of course, they want to prove that they are no less qualified than these seniors.

The mission to make a surprise was carried out by the pair Teges Satriaji Cahyo Hutomo / Indah Cahya Sari Jamil. This pair is the youngest couple in the tournament. However, the champions of Dutch Junior International 2020 and German Junior 2020 do not want to just be a complement and are ready to give fierce resistance.

"There must be a desire to beat the seniors, we want to make a surprise. In this tournament we want to be able to compete with our seniors,"

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

"Even though on paper they are stronger, but we want them not to just play against us, we want them to get hard balls from us," he added.

Teges / Indah is part of a difficult group. They are included in Group D along with Hafiz / Gloria and the Akbar Bintang Cahyono / Winny Oktvina Kandow pair. In the first match, Teges / Indah will face the second seed, Hafiz / Gloria.

Indah said she didn't want to be overwhelmed and was ready to play loose. Teges / Indah will try to bring out their maximum ability. However, losing wins does not seem to be the main goal of this future Indonesian partner.

"We haven't had a match for a long time, miss the atmosphere in the tournament. Now there is a Home Tournament, we can feel the tension of competing again. We can practice from here first, so if we go to the official match, we won't be surprised," said Indah.