JAKARTA - A total of 13 Indonesian badminton athletes advanced in the second round of the Indonesia International Challenge 2022, which was held in Malang City, East Java, on October 11-16.
Head of Public Relations and Media of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) Broto Happy in Malang City, Tuesday, said that in general, the appearance of Indonesian players at the event was quite encouraging.
"Today, the performance of Indonesian players is quite encouraging. However, we see that there are a number of players who failed to advance to the second round," said Broto, quoted by Antara.
In the first round of the Indonesia International Challenge 2022, a number of players who managed to advance to the second round included Bobby Setiabudi, Krishna Adi Nugraha, Sulistyo Tegar, Syabda Perkasa Belawa, Jason Alexander, Iqbal Diaz Syahputra and Christian Adinata.
In addition, Sultan Nurhabubu Mayang, Alfito Pringgo Yudanto and the men's doubles Berry Angriawan with their partner Rian Agung Saputro. Meanwhile, Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay, had to be eliminated after losing to Chinese player Lei Lan Xi.
"Rumbay said the preparations were less than optimal, he only trained less than a week from Yogyakarta. He said the preparations took a long time. Today the game couldn't come out, couldn't develop well, in the end he gave up with a long score," he said.
Meanwhile, he continued, Bobby Setiabudi's game was able to give a surprise in the first round of the Indonesia International Challenge 2022. Bobby was able to beat the first seed from Japan Chef Watanabe with a score of 21-19 and 21-19.
"The rest of today's winner is what surprised Bobby Setiabudi who was able to perform well and was able to make a surprise by defeating the first seeded Japanese athlete," he said.
Meanwhile, Indonesian player Christian Adinata, who won easily over Estonia's Ragnar way with a score of 21-7 and 21-8, said that in the first half the match was not too tough.
"Today's game was not too tough for me. Earlier I used it to try a punch so that tomorrow I would be even more prepared," he said.
He added, in the second half, he will face representatives from Malaysia. He said preparation for tomorrow's match was one of the mental conditions and strategies that would be applied in the field.
"Certainly there will be changes in the field, because I also study the opponent's game and the opponent must also learn my game. It will definitely change later," he said.
In the tournament which was held on 11-16 October 2022, 238 athletes from 13 countries participated. The international level players came from Austria, Canada, China, Estonia, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and America.
In the tournament with a prize of 15 thousand United States (US) dollars, 132 players were participated from abroad and the rest were from within the country.
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