Bern: India’s Satwik Sairaj-Chirag Shetty entered the men’s doubles semi-finals of the Swiss Open badminton tournament. The pair of Sathwik and Chirag entered the semi-finals after defeating the Danish pair of Jeppe Bey and Lasse Molhede in the quarter-finals in a three-game battle. After losing the first game, Sathvik and Chirag fought back and won the next two games to secure the semis. The victory of the Indian alliance was 15-21, 21-11, 21-14 in the 84-minute fight. Currently India’s only hope is the Satvik-Chirag alliance. In the semi-finals, the Indian team’s opponent is Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin-Theo Yee.
Swiss Open
Quarterfinals Secured: Rinov/Pitha’s Dramatic Win in Swiss Open Results
CNN Indonesia
Friday, 24 Mar 2023 03:46 WIB
Jakarta, CNNIndonesia —
Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari qualified for the Swiss Open quarter-finals after a dramatic win over Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje, 25-23, 21-19.
The Rinov/Pitha vs Christiansen/Boje duel was tough from the first game. The two doubles took turns leading each other until the position was 18-18.
At 18-18, Rinov/Pitha managed to score points in a fierce rally. Pitha’s blow, which the opponent couldn’t return, made them lead 19-18.
Rinov/Pitha then won a game point at 20-19 after Christiansen smashed hard off the field. However, this first game point failed to be utilized properly by Rinov/Pitha.
The next three game points won by Rinov/Pitha were also thwarted by Christiansen/Boje. The score was even up to 23-23.
It was only on the occasion of the fifth match point that Rinov/Pitha succeeded in closing the first game. Smes Christiansen who hit the net led Rinov/Pitha to win 25-23.
Entering the second game, Rinov/Pitha were able to win 4-1 at the start. But after that Christiansen/Boje were able to equalize at 6-6.
However, after that Rinov/Pitha appeared more solid and grabbed five consecutive points which put them 11-6 up at the interval.
After the interval, Christiansen/Boje were able to get up and managed to equalize at 13-13. They even had time to turn around to lead 14-13 until finally Rinov / Pitha were able to restore the lead at 15-14.
Smes Christiansen who hit the net then added to the advantage for Rinov / Pitha, 16-14. The two-point advantage was maintained by Rinov/Pitha until the score was 17-15.
But Christiansen/Boje put up another tough fight and grabbed three straight points to take a 18-17 lead.
After taking a break, Rinov/Pitha were able to win two consecutive points and regained their lead at 19-18. Pitha’s neat placement then made Rinov/Pitha win a match point at 20-18.
After failing at the first opportunity, Rinov/Pitha’s attack broke through Christiansen/Boje’s defense at the second opportunity. Rinov/Pitha won 21-19.
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Syabda’s Impact on Netizens’ Reactions Following Leo/Daniel’s Defeat at Swiss Open
CNN Indonesia
Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023 07:37 WIB
Jakarta, CNNIndonesia —
Lots netizen responding to the failure of the Indonesian men’s doubles, Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Martin at the 2023 Swiss Open, Tuesday (21/3).
Leo/Daniel’s journey was halted in the first round of the 2023 Swiss Open after losing to the Danish pair, Jeppe Bay/Lasse Molhede 20-22, 22-24 in St. Petersburg. Jakobshalle.
This failure made Leo/Daniel fail to make up for their defeat in the quarter-finals of the All England 2023. After the quarter-finals of the All England Leo/Daniel hoped to perform better at the 2023 Swiss Open.
Various comments were made by netizens after seeing Leo/Daniel’s failure at the 2023 Swiss Open. The assumptions issued by netizens Leo/Daniel lost focus so The Babies are still mourning the loss of Syabda Perkasa Belawa.
“Comeback Stronger LeoNiel. It must be hard to compete after losing your close friends. As he once said he was in the sky, now Syabda is really resting peacefully in the sky,” said one netizen.
“It’s okay, it feels really hard when you have to compete when the situation is in mourning like this. Moreover, he who is leaving is a comrade in arms, even if I may ask, I want the athletes to take a break first, but they can’t, they have to be professional even though the results are not optimal,” said another netizen.
“On ABCD’s criticism, blame everything on you, judge this and that. Whatever your current situation is, why hasn’t your game resulted in victory, you all understand. What we see is only a small screen.”
“Set 2, even though they had already won 3-4 points, they were shocked to be 20 equal. After that, Daniel’s serve was faulted again at 21-20 points. It’s a shame even though I hoped they would go far.”
“It’s okay Leoniell, today was a bit tough, next time, I’ll definitely be enthusiastic!”
“It seems that the bet underestimates the opponent.”
“Cutted all over the place.”
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