Extraordinary Struggle Kevin/Marcus Fruit Tickets Quarter-finals India Open 2023

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA - Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon added representatives of Indonesia to the quarter-finals of the India Open 2023. However, The Minions had to work hard because they got fierce resistance from representatives of China.

Facing Ren Xianyu/Tan Qiang at KD Jadhav Indoor Hall on Thursday, January 19 afternoon WIB, Kevin/Marcus had to fight for 75 minutes. The struggle over the game ruber was not in vain because the Minions finally won 16-21, 21-18 and 23-21.

Kevin/Marcus' move to win a ticket to the quarter-finals did not go smoothly, in the first game they even fell behind the Chinese representatives. At an early interval of distance that was created quite far, namely 5-11, this made it difficult for the Minions to catch up and fall behind 16-21 in the first game.

Entering the second half, the effort to reverse the situation can be realized by Kevin/Marcus. Even though his performance had gone up and down because even though he was five points ahead at the beginning, in fact the second interval belonged to the Chinese representative with a score of 11-9.

This situation had reduced Kevin/Marcus' chance to win in the second game. But with a good focus both of them can catch up after the break with the final score 21-18.

A draw forced the two representatives to continue the match to the third game. It was at this moment that Kevin/Marcus made the opponent overwhelmed with thin points, even though they lost points again in the third interval with a score of 11-9 but the fierce fighting was won by representatives of Indonesia with a score of 23-21.

This Minios victory made Indonesia's representatives in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles sector into two. Previously there had been Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian who had already qualified.

In the next round, Kevin/Marcus will face the winner between the match of Liang Wei gaik/Wang Chang vs deputy hosts Krishna Prasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud.