13 Matches Before French Open Final, Marcus/Kevin Exhausted

Kevin/Marcus (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon had to settle for being runner-up in the 2021 French Open tournament. It is known, Marcus/Kevin were exhausted.

The Minions were defeated by Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baekcheol from South Korea in the final round which took place on Sunday night Paris time.

The world number one pair lost the two games 17-21, 20-22 to the 27th-ranked men's doubles in a match for 39 minutes.

Launching Antara, during the match, Kevin/Marcus experienced pressure from Sung Hyun/Baekcheol who launched accurate and neat punches.

Kevin/Marcus also repeatedly made a return error in favor of the opponent and further strengthened the difference in points.

The top-seeded men's doubles had also attacked with fast drives and tried to shorten the rally, but Sung Hyun/Baekcheol were able to display a tight defense and could buy the rally time to be longer.

Sung Hyun/Baekcheol played more patiently with Kevin/Marcus and created a counterattack that was difficult to anticipate.

Since the end of September, the Minions have played 13 games. Three matches in the Sudirman Cup and three in the Thomas Cup. Not only that, but they also played in two matches at the Denmark Open and appeared five times until the French Open final.

However, even though they were only runners-up, the result was a positive achievement after they were eliminated at the Denmark Open in the second round.

Meanwhile, Japan came out as the overall champion of the French Open 2021 by securing three titles from the men's singles, women's singles, and mixed doubles.

Here are the results for the final round of the BWF Super 750 French Open 2021 tournament, Sunday:

Men's singles Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) vs Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan)15-21, 21-8, 21-17

Women's singles Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) vs Sayaka Takahashi (Japan)21-18, 21-12

Men's doubles Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baekcheol (South Korea) vs Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)21-17, 22-20

Women's DoublesLee Sohee/Shin Seungchan (South Korea) vs Kim Soyeong/Kong Heeyong (South Korea)21-17, 21-12

Mixed Doubles Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (Japan) vs Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje (Denmark)21-8, 21-17

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