Korea Open 2023: Fajar/Rian Dramatis Advance To Final
JAKARTA - Men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto successfully reached the Korean Open 2023 final.
The world number one advanced to the top party for the Super 500 BWF event after stopping the host representative KANG Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae from the rubber game at Jinnam Stadium, Saturday, July 22, 2023.
Fajar/Rian first surrendered to the first game 17-21 before winning the next two games 21-16 and 21-18 to step into the final match.
The first seed will face the third seed in the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty competition.
The Indian pair went to the final after stopping the second seed from China, namely Liang Wei Berkek/Wang Chang.
Meeting the Satwiksairaj/Chirag pair is clearly a tough test for Fajar/Rian. The reason is, so far they have been strong in securing two wins from four clashes.
Two defeats suffered by Fajar/Rian when dealing with Satwiksairaj/Chirag all occurred in their two latest clashes. The most actual happened at the Indonesia Open last June.
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Fajar/Rian are the only Indonesian representatives left in this competition. They became representatives of the Red and White who have survived since the quarter-finals.