JAKARTA - The men's doubles pair Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani also qualified for the semifinals of the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals.
They followed in the footsteps of Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto after winning two games 21-16 and 21-16 over the Malaysian pair, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooik Yik, in the last match of Group B on Friday, December 13, 2024, night WIB.
Sabar/Reza mendapat syarat lolos yang tidak mudah setelah pasangan China, He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu, mundur dari turnamen musim tersebut karena masalah cedera.
The decision to withdraw made the Sabar/Reza victory over them not counted. Therefore, Sabar/Reza who lost against Fajar/Rian in the first match, must be able to beat Aaron/Soh in two sets if they want to be safe.
"Of course, I'm very grateful because we know we have to win two straight games to qualify today and we can make it happen."
"Alhamdulillah, our target was achieved, qualified for the semifinals to accompany Fajar/Rian. Hopefully in the semifinals, we and Fajar/Rian can give the maximum," said Sabar in the statement.
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The withdrawal of the Chinese pair automatically made Fajar/Rian not play the final match of the group stage and immediately confirmed the ticket to the semifinals.
Fajar/Rian also have the right to win the group and Sabar/Reza accompany them as runners-up.
In the semifinals tomorrow, December 14, 2024, Sabar/Reza will meet Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark), while Fajar/Rian fight Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin (Malaysia).
"Kunci kemenangan hari ini, kami dari awal berani menyerang dan konsisten menyerang. Mind saya tidak mau kalah di gim pembuka. Pola kami berjalan baik dan lawan tampak panik, itu kami bisa memanfaatkan," kata Reza.
The success of Sabar/Reza made Indonesia have a total of three tickets for the semifinals. One other ticket was secured by Jonatan Christie's men's singles.
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