Apriyani/Fadia Ready To Fight At The World Tour Finals 2022

JAKARTA - Women's doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti admitted that they are ready to fight in the 2022 World Tour Finals which will be rolling next week.

Both of them received an invitation to appear at Nimibutr Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, on 7-11 December, to replace Japanese women's doubles pair Namibia Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida who withdrew from the tournament.

"So far, we have finalized what we have learned so far. So, we, from me and Fadia, are ready to fight," said Apriyani at the Cipayung National Training Center, Thursday, December 1, 2022.

Apri/Fadia were previously only included in the first waiting list for the season-ending competition. Therefore, they automatically performed allotments when Namibia/Chiharu decided to withdraw.

However, so far only Apriyani has previously experienced the competition. It happened when he was still playing with Greysia Polii, who was his partner when he won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

"The exercise started when we returned from Europe because we didn't want to take a day off and wanted to focus next year. So, when we found out we could play in the World Tour Finals, we were ready," said Fadia.

With the presence of Apri/Fadia at the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals, Indonesia automatically made history by passing representatives in all sectors.

Previously, Indonesia was represented by men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie, women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, and mixed doubles Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.