Hariyanto Arbi Give Wejangan For Indonesian Men's Singles: If You Lose, The Training Will Be Added

Indonesian badminton legend, Hariyanto Arbi. (Photo: Instagram @hariyanto_arbi)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's men's singles performance is still in the spotlight lately. Jonatan Christie, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito are still not consistent.

Indonesian men's singles currently have two representatives who are in the top 10 in the world, namely Anthony Ginting who is now ranked 6th and Jonatan in 7th position.

However, neither Anthony nor Jonathan have ever climbed the main podium of major tournaments.

In the last two years, Anthony has only won the Super 500 Singapore Open 2022 tournament, while Jonathan has won the Super 300 Swiss Open 2022.

In All England 2022, Anthony was immediately eliminated in the first round. Meanwhile, Jonathan was only able to make it to the quarter-finals.

Indonesian men's singles last won in major tournaments when Hariyanto Arbi won the 1993 and 1994 editions of All England and Taufik Hidayat at the 2004 Athens Olympics, as reported by Antara.

Indonesian badminton legend, Hariyanto Arbi, then gave advice to his successors in the men's singles. According to him, Indonesian singles players should be able to take the initiative to increase training time.

Especially if the players feel the game is still lacking so they often fail to penetrate the title in every tournament.

"For my experience, if you lose, you have to add more training. Like in school, there are lessons, yes, it's the same if you feel (he looks) lacking, yes, his own training initiative," said Arbi.

"The training doesn't need to be tired, for example, if the netting is lacking, it can be repaired again so that the netting is thinner, for example," continued the man who was nicknamed "Smash 100 Watts".