KUDUS - The name Tontowi Ahmad is certainly familiar in the world of badminton. He is one of Indonesia's mixed doubles players who has a myriad of achievements.
Currently, Tontowi is tasked with becoming a talent search team at the Djarum Badminton Scholarship Public Audition.
Although no longer part of PBSI, Tontowi is still monitoring the development of Indonesia's mixed doubles sector, especially the pair under the PB Djarum club.
As is known, currently there are two PB Djarum mixed doubles that are Indonesia's mainstay in the international arena. They are Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti.
Especially for the two couples, Tontowi, who during his time actively played in pairs with Liliyana Natsir, gave a little advice.
The badminton player who won the 2016 Rio Olympics suggested that the mixed doubles pair Dejan/Glo and Praveen/Melati compete in a healthy manner and not lose to others.
"In PB Djarum there are Dejan/Glo mixed doubles athletes with Praveen/Melati. I give them a lesson to compete for the healthy, don't want to lose to others," said Tontowi, as quoted by Antara.
Tontowi said with the will to beat each other the two couples had the opportunity. The reason, according to Tontowi, the map of competition towards the Olympics is still the same.
"In my opinion, our mixed doubles are balanced. It is possible that anyone who can go through the Olympics in my opinion is still 50:50 opportunities. Everyone still has a chance," said the badminton player who is familiarly called Owi.
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