Falling In The First Round Of The Indonesia Open 2022, Rinov/Pitha Complain About The Condition But Don't Want To Be An Excuse

The Indonesian pair, Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, ran aground in the early rounds of the Indonesia Open 2022. (Photo: Ulfa Gusti Utami/Voi )

JAKARTA - Indonesian mixed doubles, Rinov Rinaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari fell in the first round of the Indonesia Open 2022, Tuesday, June 14. They surrendered from the representative of South Korea, Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yoo-jung.

Rinov/Pitha lost two straight games with a score of 19-21 and 11-21. Rinov acknowledged this defeat because their conditions were not yet primed to compete.

"Yes, there were problems, yesterday I was sick from Thursday against (Praveen) Jordan. I had vomiting and diarrhea," said Rinov after the match.

"At the peak, when we lost against Thailand, it started to cheer up. After that yesterday I went straight home, couldn't eat and we had to play. We just had the PCR and haven't had time to practice," he said.

Even so, Rinov immediately said that he did not make his poor condition a scapegoat. According to him, as athletes, they must perform optimally no matter what the circumstances.

Rinov admitted that he would conduct an evaluation after the failure at the Indonesia Open 2022. One of the weaknesses is the strength of the blow.

"Strength must be added again and must be even more active, more consistent, that's the most important thing. Because the game is almost the same now. So it's also more important to be confident, consistent, and strong," said Rinov.

While Pitha said, they had tried their best. But according to him, the opponent is more ready and faster to change the pattern of the game at every opportunity.

"In the first game we tried to force ourselves to play, we tried to get everything we had and in the second game we tried to maintain a pattern like the first game. However, the opponent was much more ready and we took a long time to change the pattern again," said Pitha.