Thomas Cup: Shesar Wins Decisive Match, Indonesia Leads 3-2 Over Taiwan

Men's singles badminton player Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The men's singles badminton player Shesar Hiren Rhustavito won and contributed points in the decisive party so that the Indonesian team won 3-2 over Taiwan in the last qualifying match of Group A Thomas Cup.

In the decisive match which took place at Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark, Wednesday night WIB, Shesar won the rubber game 16-21, 21-18, 21-19 over Chi Yu Jen with a duration of 1 hour 13 minutes.

Launching Antara, Shesar actually performed quite well at the beginning of the first game. He took the opening points and was in control of the game.

But after a 7-7 draw, his defense actually loosened. His opponent also easily stole points and turned ahead. Since then, despite trying to catch up, Shesar has often been left behind.

They again drew 14-14, but Shesar failed to take the next points, while his opponent immediately grabbed four points without reply and continued to advance to win 21-16.

In the second game, Shesar had to fight desperately after Chi won the opening points and widened the gap to 8-1. With all his strength, Shesar chased and was able to equalize to 9-9.

He added another point and took the lead, Chi clinging tight behind him. However, after the match point, Shesar swiftly secured the final points and won the second game with a score of 21-18.

In the deciding game, Shesar was getting more aggressive. He was even able to lead from points 3 to 14. His opponent then followed and equalized to 14-14.

After that, the two players attacked each other. But after a 19-19 draw, Shesar moved more swiftly to return the balls in an unpredictable direction. His opponent was fooled and Shesar won 21-19.

With these results, Indonesia is certain to win over Taiwan with the final position 3-2.

Previously in the opening match, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting's men's singles contributed the first winning number after defeating Chou Tien Chen in two straight games with a score of 22-20, 21-16.

Unfortunately, a different fate was experienced by the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto who were forced to lose after fighting against the Tokyo Olympic gold medal pair Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin in three games with a score of 26-28, 21-16, 14-21. .

The Garuda squad then turned 2-1 up thanks to Jonatan Christie's men's singles victory 21-17, 21-13 over Wang Tzu Wei in the third party.

In the fourth party, the latest pair of Mohammad Ahsan / Daniel Marthin has not succeeded in contributing points for Indonesia. They were defeated by Lu Ching Yao / Yang Po Han through a rubber game which ended with a score of 20-22, 21-17, 21-23.

The Indonesian team has actually been confirmed to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2020 Thomas Cup when Ahsan / Daniel fell. Indonesia qualified because of the superior number of accumulated points over Taiwan, no matter the result of Shesar vs. Yu Jen.