JAKARTA – Aldila Sutjiadi and Christopher Ruangkat added gold medals for Indonesia after coming out as winners in the mixed doubles final of the Hanoi 2021 SEA Games tennis.
The pair beat Thailand's Patcharin Cheapchandje/Pruchya Isaro in a three-set match 6-7(7) 6-2, 10-5 at Hanaka Paris Ocean Park Bac Ninh on Friday, 20 May.
This achievement made Christo / Aldila who are the first seeds to maintain their achievements at the previous 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines. At that time they also overthrew representatives from the same country.
This year, the Indonesian tennis branch brought home a total of four medals. Apart from the gold medal, the other three medals are one silver and two bronze.
Taking home only one gold medal meant that tennis failed to meet their target of three golds.
One silver medal was contributed by the men's team number. Meanwhile, the other two bronze medals came from the women's team and women's doubles, Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Rompies.
In addition to tennis, Indonesia also won another gold medal from karate in the team event which included Albiadi, Andi Tomy Aditya Mardana, and Andi Dasril Dwi Dharmawan.
Indonesia has now collected a total of 50 gold medals. This achievement made Indonesia stay in the third position of the medal standings.
Meanwhile, the hosts Vietnam and Thailand were not disturbed in the first and second positions.
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