Praveen/Melati Lost To Hoo Pang Ron/Cheah Yee See, Indonesia Stopped In Sudirman Cup Quarter Finals

Praveen/Jasmine (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Mixed doubles Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti lost to Malaysian representatives Hoo Pang Ron/Cheah Yee See in the quarter-finals of the 2021 Sudirman Cup mixed team championship.

In the battle that took place at Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland, Saturday morning WIB, Praveen/Melati fell to their knees in three games with a score of 19-21, 21-9, 16-21. That way, Indonesia cannot advance to the semifinals.

Launching Antara, the battle between the two pairs was very tight in the first game. They share points and take turns leading the game.

After a 8-8 draw, the neighboring country pair took the lead and continued to dominate to widen the distance to 15-10.

Praveen / Melati continued to follow, but did not equalize. Finally they lost the first game with a score of 19-21.

In the second game, Ron/See's game dropped significantly. They don't seem to want to waste too much energy because they want to continue until the third game.

With the opponent's strength continuing to decline, Praveen/Melati took advantage of this condition to continue to collect points to win the second game with a landslide score of 21-9.

In the deciding game, Ron/See's game really improved. They even stole the early points and continued to lead until it was level at 10-10.

After that, Praveen/Melati put up resistance and tried to reverse the lead. But their efforts were in vain. The position was back at 11-11 and Ron / See accelerated the tempo of the game to increase the number of points to win the match with a final score of 21-16.

With this result, Indonesia lost 2-3 to Malaysia and was unable to proceed to the semifinals of this year's Sudirman Cup.

Previously, two Garuda representatives who also lost, namely the men's doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo who were defeated by Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik 12-21, 15-21, and the men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting which was defeated by Lee Zii Jia. 11-21, 16-21.

While the two points were won by the women's singles, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung over Kisona Selvaduray through the rubber games 22-20, 18-21, 21-19, and the women's doubles Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu who also won the rubber game 22-20, 17-21. , 21-18 against Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan.

Furthermore, in the Sudirman Cup semifinal match which will be held on Saturday, China is scheduled to meet South Korea at 14.00 WIB, while Malaysia will face Japan at 20.00 WIB.