JABAR EKSPRES – Indonesian women’s doubles pair Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti admitted to not being in form and unable to bring out the best game when facing Japanese representatives Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota in the Indonesia Open 2023 quarter-finals on Friday (6/16)
Apri/Fadia finished the last eight round of the BWF Super 1000 badminton tournament with identical scores 13-21, 13-21.
“Thankfully we can finish the match without injury even though the results are not optimal. We think our opponents have more experience today. We struggled to get point by point in this match. We have to be more consistent and more focused in the future,” said Fadia in a press conference at Istora Senayan Jakarta.
The Singapore Open 2022 champion also regretted the defeat, considering that both of them performed in front of their own public.
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“Regardless of the result here, we will strengthen each other again. We have to be a winner who has a very good competition mentality,” said Apri.
“We will process to improve several factors starting from techniques on and off the field,” she added.
Indonesia’s women’s doubles coach, Eng Hian, revealed that the Apriyani/Fadia pair’s struggle had been maximized despite not meeting the target Indonesia Open 2023.
The 2004 Athens Olympics bronze medalist with Flandy Limpele assessed that Apri/Fadia must further improve their physicality and techniques in the future.
“In the future, Apriyani/Fadia must prepare themselves more, especially body power and strength. This is needed to be better able to apply strategies on the field,” Eng Hian said.
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“Of course, Apriyani/Fadia did not meet the target. Surely everyone feels disappointed because of this result. In the future, I will make lessons from this result and we will evaluate again,” added the coach from Surakarta.
