JAKARTA - Indonesian mixed doubles, Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, managed to get past the heavy obstacles in the second round of the Malaysia Open 2023.Dejan/Gloria eliminated the 5th seed from Hong Kong, Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet.
In the match at Axiata Arena, Thursday, January 12 morning WIB, Dejan/Gloria won with a score of 21-17 and 21-16 and led them to the quarter-finals. In the advanced round they will challenge South Korean representatives, Kom Wo Ho/Jeong Na Eun.
Dejan/Gloria are certainly grateful to be able to escape after fighting hard. However, there is no complacency because they feel they still have to focus on looking at the next round.
"Alhamdulillah, it went smoothly from start to finish, running according to expectations that we have analyzed with the coach and team," said Gloria after the match, as reported by the video uploaded by Badmintalk's Instagram account.
"It's just how we are now preparing to restore conditions and focus on the quarter-finals later," he continued.
Regarding the opponent's game in the second half, Gloria also admitted that Tang/Tse had made it difficult for them in the second set. However, they were lucky that everything could be overcome and returned to securing the final point.
Get them in the second set (it's better), we catch up and keep us away one by one (poin). There our focus dropped because we were tired, but after the break we tried to catch up to turn things around again," explained Gloria.
In contrast to the success of Dejan/Gloria in the semifinals, Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi ran aground in the second half.
The women's doubles representative fell after battling the first seeded Chinese representatives, Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yifan with a landslide score of 7-21 and 9-21.
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