Gebuk Korea, Indonesia Qualify For The Quarter-Finals Of The 2022 Thomas Cup As Group Winners
JAKARTA – Indonesia has successfully qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2022 Thomas Cup as group winners. The certainty was after beating Korea 3-2 in the last match.
The match between Indonesia and Korea will take place at Court 1 Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, May 11 at noon WIB. The victory over Korea made the Red and White Squad sweep away the Group A match.
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, who played in the inaugural match, could not contribute points for Indonesia. The fifth-ranked athlete in the world gave up the rubber game 16-21, 21-15, 14-22 to Heo Kwanghee.
This means that Anthony has not produced a single point for Indonesia during the group stage. He was recorded to have lost three times in a row after being beaten by Loh Kean Yew (Singapore) and Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand).
In this match against Korea, the coaching team decided to make changes in the men's doubles and men's singles. They decided to rest Hendra Setiawan, Bagas Maulana, and Jonatan Christie.
This change made Mohammad Ahsan, who used to play with Hendra, be paired with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. Unfortunately, this rotation did not succeed in contributing numbers to the Garuda squad
Kevin/Ahsan, who was revealed as the first double in the second match, had to lose. They gave up three sets 18-21, 21-13, and 12-21 when they met Kang Minhyuk/Seo Seung Jae.
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Indonesia rose in the third match after being 2-0 down from Korea. Men's singles Shesar Hiren Rhustavito managed to reduce the position to 1-2 after defeating Jeon Hyeok Jin with a score, of 19-21, 21-8, 21-10
This is Shesar's third straight win throughout the group stage. The world's fourth-ranked men's singles player previously beat Singapore's Jia Wei Joel Koh and beat Thailand's Sitthikom Thamsin in men's singles
The figures for Indonesia were also produced by Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto. They successfully beat Yong Jin / Na Sung Seun in straight sets to equalize the score to 2-2.
Indonesia's victory was then determined in the third men's singles by Syabda Perkasa Belawa. He secured the last point for Indonesia after beating Yun Gyu Lee.