JAKARTA - Men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto will face the host pair Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzudin in the semifinal match of the BWF Super 750 Malaysia Open 2022 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Saturday 2 July.
"Against Goh/Izzuddin it will not be easy. They played with confidence yesterday and managed to beat the Indonesia Open 2022 champion. Of course we have to be vigilant, especially since they will be supported by all the spectators here. What must be prepared must be mental and physical," Rian said in a statement. official PP PBSI, quoted from Antara.
Goh/Izzuddin reached the last four after defeating the BWF Super 1000 Indonesia Open 2022 champion, Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi from China 21-11, 22-20.
Meanwhile, from Fajar/Rian, the sixth seeded pair first eliminated the Malaysian men's doubles Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi in two straight games.
Despite appearing in front of thousands of supporters, the 10th ranked men's doubles was only able to last 33 minutes against Fajar/Rian's unstoppable pace at the Axiata Arena.
"We played without a burden because we were playing in front of the host Malaysia. But we remained confident, learned from previous meetings, learned from their match videos, the coach also gave directions before playing, so the strategy could work well, " said Dawn.
Fajar/Rian are also one of the three representatives of the Red and White Squad that will compete in the last four in addition to Jonatan Christie's men's singles and women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.
The following is the schedule for the Indonesian badminton national team in the semifinals of the Malaysia Open 2022 which will take place at 12.00 WIB:
Women's Doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti vs Jeong Na Eun
Men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzudin
Men's singles Jonathan Christie vs Viktor Axelsen
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