JAKARTA Indonesia's mixed doubles were confirmed to have run out at the Indonesia Open 2023 following the defeat of the pair Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.
Rinov/Pitha failed to advance to the semifinals of the Super 1000 BWF level event after losing two games to the second seed Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino 11-21 and 18-21 at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Friday, June 16, 2023.
"We still give our best. We don't play carelessly. We are less honorable. We are not down. Even though people say our achievements are bad, we have given the best results," said Rinov.
This defeat exacerbated Rinov/Pitha's record for the Japanese pair. Of the total six meetings, the world's 15th ranked pair have never won once.
The only defeat that just happened above was Rinov/Pitha's second defeat to Yuta/Arisa this year. Previously, they lost at the Singapore Open earlier this month.
"It must be sad for sure. Disappointed too for sure because I couldn't get out of the pressure. I feel like today I can't perform well," Pitha said in a press conference after the match.
Apart from mixed doubles, the day before Indonesia had also run out of representatives in the women's singles number. This certainty was after Putri Kusuma Wardani was removed by Akane Yamaguchi.
Indonesia is now just hoping for a title from three other sectors that still survive, namely women's doubles, men's singles, and mixed doubles.
Especially in men's singles, Indonesia will definitely get one semifinal ticket. This certainty was after the two Indonesian mainstay men's singles, namely Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie, faced each other in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, in the men's doubles there are still three representatives who will fight for the semifinals after this, namely Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardiangl, Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin, and Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Rambitan.
Then in the women's doubles the only remaining representative in the quarter-finals is Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva. The pair will try their best four by facing seventh seed Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota.
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