JAKARTA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung won the second match of Group A BWF World Tour Finals 2024 to maintain hope of qualifying for the semifinals.
The bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics came from the first game to win 10-21, 21-10, and 21-11 over Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand) on Thursday, December 12, 2024, evening WIB.
Despite being missed in the first game, Gregoria managed to get up and dominate the next two games. He was not overtaken from start to finish in the two games.
"The field conditions in the first game are uncomfortable. So, I'm not free to apply patterns and the opponent is also very good at controlling the game."
"On the other hand, in the second game, the opponent also felt the same way. From there I was able to start finding the pattern of the game I wanted and finally outperformed him," said Gregoria.
This is Gregoria's second win over Thailand's representative this year or the eighth of a total of 11 of their competitive meetings.
This victory made Gregoria's hopes for the knockout stages come to life again after previously on the first day, Wednesday, December 11, 2024, she lost against the Japanese women's singles, Aya Ohori.
In the history of this tournament, Gregoria's furthest journey is the group stage. This achievement occurred in two appearances at the BWF World Tour Finals in the 2022 and 2023 editions.
Gregoria will close the trip in the group stage this year against the host's singles, Wang Zhi Yi, on Friday, December 13, 2024. He needs to win the game so that the hopes for the semifinals don't go out.
"Hopefully he wants to play well first. Hopefully he can bring out a good game, want to try to be able to take the win," said Gregoria.
This will be the seventh clash between Gregoria and Wang. In the previous six clashes, they shared three wins and three defeats.
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