JAKARTA - Indonesian men's doubles, Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the French Open 2023. In the midst of that success, The Daddies revealed a shortage of venues that felt too dim.
Ahsan/Hendra qualified for the round of 16 after defeating Taiwan's doubles, Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han. In Tuesday, October 24, Ahsan/Hendra won in a stunt game that ended 21-17 and 21-16.
To be able to ensure a ticket to the round of 16, The Daddies went through a fierce struggle. During the match, Taiwanese representatives did not provide much gap for Ahsan / Hendra to take the long lead.
However, Ahsan said he was grateful for this achievement because in the previous matches the senior doubles lost to the opponent. This result was then used as The Daddies reference to perform even better.
"First, thank God we were able to win after we always lost quite easily in the previous two matches," Ahsan said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, October 25.
Earlier we really had to always lower the ball first and ready to get tired of their opponents. We feel our game is quite good today, hopefully the day after tomorrow we can get better," Ahsan added.
In addition to being grateful for being able to advance closer to the final, from the match against Taiwan representatives there was a shortage of a match venue that they felt could affect their performance in the advanced round.
Regarding this matter, Hendra said that the lighting at the French Open 2023 venue was an obstacle. According to Hendra, field 4 used against Lu/Yang has a slightly dark lighting.
"The field on this side. Numbers three and four are indeed a bit dark compared to the middle field, but it doesn't matter, we have to be able to overcome it," Hendra continued.
Before Hendra revealed the complaint, another Indonesian men's doubles athlete, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, also mentioned the French Open 2023 field which was slightly dark.
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