JAKARTA - The Indonesian badminton team will start their struggle at the Tokyo Olympics through Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu on Saturday, July 24 tomorrow.
The women's doubles pair of the Red and White team will face the Malaysian pair Chow Mei Kuan/Lee Meng Yean (Malaysia) on Field 2 at 07.00 WIB.
Greysia/Apriyani are in Group A and are also inhabited by Chloe Birch/Lauren Smith (England) and top seed Sayaka Hirota/Yuki Fukushima (Japan).
In doubles, there are 16 pairs divided into 4 groups. The players will go through the group stage first. The top two pairs of the group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
In singles, there are 42 players divided into 14 groups. Only one player who wins group title status is entitled to advance to the knockout phase which begins with the round of 16.
The Olympics during the pandemic have many differences from aspects of preparation to implementation on the field when compared to previous events.
The infrequent implementation of the annual tournament last season, made athletes rarely compete at the international level making it difficult to guess how far the opponent's game progressed.
But in general, the athletes did not encounter significant obstacles in the training process in Japan. The following is the schedule for the Indonesian representatives on Saturday, July 24:
07.00 WIB - Field 2
Women's Doubles Group A Preliminary
Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu vs Chow Mei Kuan/Lee Meng Yean (Malaysia)
09.00 WIB - Field 2
Men's Singles Group G Preliminary
Jonathan Christie (7) vs Aram Mahmoud (IOC Refugee Olympic Team)
09.40 WIB - Field 2
Mixed Doubles Group C Preliminary
Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti (4) vs Simon Wing Hang Leung/Gronya Sommerville (Australia)
10.20 WIB - Field 2
Men's Doubles Group A Qualification
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (1) vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (England)
16.00 WIB - Field 2
Men's Doubles Group D Qualification
Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan (2) vs Jason Anthony Ho-Shue/Nyl Yakura (Canada).
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