5 Representatives Fall in the Top 16, Indonesia Leaves Fajar/Rian in the 2023 Korea Open

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Indonesia has only men’s doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto left in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Korea Open, after five other representatives were eliminated in the round of 16, Thursday (20/7/2023).

Fajar/Rian drove after after stopping the Taiwanese pair, Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han. Playing at Jinnam Stadium, Yeosu, South Korea, the world number one men’s doubles defeated Lu/Yang with a score of 21-19 and 21-15. Fajar/Rian needed 42 minutes to beat the world’s 15th ranked men’s doubles.

This victory increased Fajar/Rian’s advantage over Lu/Yang to 6-1 in their seven meetings.

“First of all, thank God, today we were able to finish the match smoothly, without injury and we were given a win,” said Rian.

According to Rian, the opponent actually played quite well, especially in the first game. The Taiwanese pair continued to press with balls drives.

Rian added that they were still adapting to the field because yesterday they had not played fully in the first half. “Still learning with wind conditions and shuttlecock. That’s also what makes us still make our own mistakes. This is our evaluation for the next match,” said Rian.

According to Fajar, Lu/Yang do have power strong but they can overcome it because they meet enough times.

“We all know this Taiwanese couple has power who are very strong but because we have often met and we also watched their match against Leo (Rolly Carnando)/Daniel (Marthin) so earlier we tried to dampen down by patiently arranging attacks and giving lots of fine ball placements,” said Fajar.

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