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Jonatan Christie was unable to defend his French Open title after losing in the first round to Taiwanese player Wang Tzu Wei, 21-12, 21-23, 17-21, at the Adidas Arena, Paris, Tuesday (5/3/2024).
PARIS, WEDNESDAY — Hearing about a series of defeats by Indonesian badminton athletes in the early rounds of tournaments has become commonplace in the last year. This time, seven of the 13 representatives were eliminated in the first round of the French Open.
Defeats in the two days of the first round at the Adidas Arena, Paris, 5-6 March 2024, were experienced by the defending men’s singles champions, Jonatan Christie, Meilysa Trias Puspitasari/Rachel Alessya Rose, and Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan.
Those who must get as many ranking points as possible to get tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics are also among those eliminated. Two men’s doubles, Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana, even lost two games. In the match which took place on Wednesday (6/3/2024), they lost to the Taiwanese pair.
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Leo/Daniel couldn’t beat Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han after always losing in the three previous meetings. They lost with a score of 14-21, 15-21.
Meanwhile, Fikri/Bagas were unable to repeat their victory in the last three meetings with Lee Jhe Huei/Yang Po Hsuan and lost 11-21, 17-21. Fikri/Bagas were also unable to repeat their good performance at the 2023 French Open, at a different location, when they reached the final.
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Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati could not survive against the second seed in the French Open mixed doubles, Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino. In the match at the Adidas Arena, Paris, Wednesday (6/3/2024), Rehan/Lisa lost 21-14, 15-21, 14-21.
At that time, the French Open was held at the Glaz Arena, Rennes, about 300 kilometers west of Paris. The 2024 event was chosen at the Adidas Arena so that athletes can adapt to the venue that will be used for badminton competition at the Olympics on July 26-August 11 2024.
Two mixed doubles who were chasing the opportunity to qualify for Paris 2024 also experienced defeats at important moments, namely Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari and Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati. This number is even threatened with not having a representative at the Olympics because there are no players in the qualifying zone.
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Based on the current qualifying ranking list, Indonesian mixed doubles must at least be in the top 15. Meanwhile, Rinov/Tari are in 17th position, down four places from last week’s position. Meanwhile, Rehan/Lisa ranked 20th and Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja ranked 22nd.
Dejan/Gloria have the opportunity to add points because they qualified for the second round after winning a walkover (WO) over the German pair, Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau, in the first round. They must prepare to face their opponents in the second round, namely Jiang Zen Bang/Wei Ya Xin, the Chinese pair who won the last two of their three meetings.
From the overall results in the first round, Indonesia only has six representatives who will compete in the second round, Thursday (7/3/2024). In the men’s singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting will face Loh Kean Yew. Meanwhile, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo will face Su Li Yang after eliminating sixth seed, Kodai Naraoka, in the first round. Chico won 14-21, 22-20, 21-17.
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Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo eliminated the sixth seed in the men’s singles at the French Open tournament, Kodai Naraoka (Japan). At the Adidas Arena, Paris, Wednesday (6/3/2024), Chico won with a score of 14-21, 22-20, 21-17.
”I am very grateful to be able to win today’s match. “Earlier I tried to play his game more patiently, competing physically and with strength because he is a tenacious player and is not easily turned off,” commented Chico.
The other representative in the singles number is Gregoria Mariska Tunjung who will face Aya Ohori (Japan). Gregoria has to be careful because despite winning 2-1, the defeat occurred in their last meeting, namely at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games which will take place in 2023.
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In the doubles event, apart from Dejan/Gloria, there is only one representative for men’s doubles and one representative for women’s doubles. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, as the only one of the four Indonesian men’s doubles who won the first round, will face Kenya’s Mithuhashi/Hiroki Okamura (Japan).
In the initial round, Fajar/Rian won over the always difficult English pair, Ben Lane/Sean Vendy, 21-16, 21-18. “Today, we tried to enjoy the match, not rush too much so we could control the game,” commented Rian.
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Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto are the only Indonesian men’s doubles to qualify for the second round of the French Open. Three other pairs were eliminated in the first round at the Adidas Arena, Paris, on March 5-6.
Meanwhile, women’s doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti will face Li Wen Mei/Liu Xuan Xuan (China). Their colleagues at the badminton national training, Cipayung, Meilysa/Rachel, lost to the second seeds from South Korea, Baek Ha-Na/Lee So-hee, 12-21, 13-21.
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Overall, there weren’t many surprises in the first half. Apart from Naraoka’s loss to Chico, the fifth seed in women’s singles, Carolina Marin, was also eliminated. The Spaniard lost to Zhang Beiwen, 21-14, 16-21, 17-21.
2024-03-07 00:57:49
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