Indonesia Masters Results: Four Of The Six Hosts Qualify For The Semifinals

JAKARTA - Four of the six host representatives confirmed their place in the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters 2022 after passing the quarter-finals of the Super 500 level tournament at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Friday 10 June.

Of the four representatives, Indonesia passed two representatives from the men's doubles sector, one women's doubles, and one men's singles to the last four, Saturday 11 June. Indonesia lost ammunition in the mixed doubles after the defeat of Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.

Indonesia's victory today was preceded by the women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti who defeated the second seed from South Korea Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan.

Despite being left behind in the first game, the pair who won the SEA Games 2021 Vietnam gold managed to win the second game and the decisive game in a match that lasted more than an hour to finish the match at 15-21, 21-16, 21-16. belongs to the only remaining men's singles representative, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. The fourth seed managed to stop Malaysia's fifth seed Lee Zii Jia, who had never previously lost a game at the 2022 Indonesia Masters.

Anthony had to go through a tight battle of three games to win 18-21, 21-16, 21-15 while extending his winning record over Lee Zii Jia to 5-1. From the men's doubles sector, Merah Putih sent two representatives to the semifinals thanks to the victory of first seed Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and fifth seed Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

Marcus/Kevin advanced to the semifinals after defeating representatives of Malaysia Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin 10-21, 21-11. 21-18, followed by Fajar/Rian who closed tonight's match by eliminating Tokyo Olympic gold winners from Taiwan, Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin in two straight games 21-15, 21-18.

The semifinals on Saturday will start at 12.00 WIB.