JAKARTA - The Indonesian team will meet the Thai team in the 2020 Uber Cup quarter-finals which will be held at Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark, Thursday night at 19.00 local time (24.00 WIB).
The draw for the last eight of the tournament, which has been delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was carried out on Wednesday evening local time, placing the Indonesian Uber team, which was the runner-up of Group A in the bottom half, to meet the winner of Group B, Thailand.
The winner of the Thailand-Indonesia match in the semifinals will face the winner between group D winners, China and group C runners-up, Taiwan.
Meanwhile, in the upper half, the first seed and winner of Group A, Japan will meet India (Runner-up Group B). In the semifinals, the winner between Japan and India will face off against the winner between South Korea (Group C winners) and Denmark (Group D runners-up).
Commenting on the results of the Uber Indonesia team's draw against Thailand, the Head of Binpres PP PBSI Rionny Mainaky assessed that the draw results could be considered favorable for the Indonesian team, because Gregoria and his friends, in the round of 8, were spared from strong teams such as China or South Korea.
"Meeting Thailand is quite profitable. We have a chance to put up a tight fight with them," Rionny said, as quoted by Antara, Thursday.
"Against Thailand, if Greysia/Apriyani are fit and in normal condition, I'm sure they can overcome the opponent. Likewise with Ribka/Fadia whose performances are more convincing. There is a chance that two points can be obtained from the doubles," continued Rionny.
While in the single sector, Indonesia will rely on Gregoria Mariska, Putri Kusuma Wardani, and Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo.
The Indonesian team is also anticipating the release of the world number six women's singles Ratchanok Intanon, because the 2013 world champion has not been revealed by the Thai team.
"Ratchanok is demoted or not, Gregoria is ready to face it. Remember at the last Tokyo Olympics, in the second game Gregoria was able to fight Ratchanok," said Rionny.
Meanwhile Putri Kusuma Wardani is also ready to surprise anyone. "He will play carefree," said Rionny.
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