10th Match Badminton 18th Asian Games 2018
18th Asian Games Jakarta
Palembang 2018
Indonesia Beat The Hong Kong, China In
badminton
Indonesian women's badminton team
steps into quarterfinals
In
Asian Games 2018
Final score of 19-21, 21-8,
21-18.
Antara/Palembang
The Indonesia women's badminton team stepped
into the quarterfinals after beating Hong Kong, China 3-0, although two
Indonesian women's single players had to play three games to win the match at
Istora Senayan on Sunday.
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, who played as the
first single player, opened the lead for Indonesia after defeating Cheung Ngan
Yi in three games 19-21, 21-8, 21-18.
Gregoria, who is ranked 22nd in the world,
was left behind in the first game with 5-13.
Although she reduced the gap to 12-13, Cheung win the first game.
Nevertheless, Gregoria was able to turn
things around in the last two games and ensured excellence for the host.
"In the first game, I had to deal with
strong wind in my direction and it took me longer to adapt to the conditions of
the field so that I got left behind far enough. It's only when I got my 11th
point that I could play better, but I was already left far behind," she
said.
Meanwhile, in the second and third games,
Gregoria was able to play better because she could adapt to conditions on the
field and already knew the game rhythm of the opponent, who is ranked 21st in
the world.
"I learned and paid attention to the
game pattern of the opponent from her videotaped matches. And the opponent
looked tired every time I played a long rally," she said.
Indonesia doubled the advantage through
women's double Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu, who won two straight games
against Hong Kong’s Ng Tzs Yau-Yuen Sin Yin with 21-14, 21-11.
"Every point obtained in a match in a
team event is very important because it can motivate players who will play
later," said Greysia.
In general, she said, she had no difficulty
facing opponents from Hong Kong but needed to further adapt to field conditions
such as the wind because it could affect the game.
"And most importantly, we must be able
to show the best game. If other countries underestimate us, then it becomes an
opportunity to play without burden," she said.
The Indonesia women's team ensured a place
in the quarterfinals through the second women's single Fitriyani, who also
played three games to beat Yip Pui Yin 18-21, 21-13, 21-10.
"In the first game, the game was quite
tight. Toward the end of the first game, many points were missed because I
wanted to play fast," she said.
Meanwhile, in the second and third games,
Fitriyani claimed to be able to play more calmly. “The opponent's physical
condition seemed to have been decreasing, too," she said, upon ensuring
victory after Yip's shuttlecock failed to clear the net.
In the quarterfinals match on Monday (Aug.
20), Indonesia will meet South Korea (KOR).
AG Media and PR in cooperation with The
Jakarta Post
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