Jakarta, Gatra.com – India Open 2023 enters the Round of 16 which continues today, Wednesday (18/1). Playing at KD Jhadav Indoor Hall, India at 09:00 local time or 10:30 WIB, nine Indonesian representatives will compete for tickets to the next round.
The men’s doubles representatives, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan will face the representatives of China, finalists of the Malaysian Open 2023 last week, Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang. Drawn 1-1 in the previous two meetings, the last meeting between the two was won by the Chinese representatives in the round of 16 of the 2022 Japan Open, then in consecutive matches, 21-18, 21-16.
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Mixed doubles representatives, Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, will face Chinese representatives, Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dong Ping in this match. In the five previous meetings, Rinov / Pitha had failed to beat the winning duo of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Meanwhile, fierce matches are expected to occur in the men’s singles sector. Shesar Hiren Rhustavito will face world number two Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia. Winner 5-4 in the previous nine encounters, Vito should be able to fight back and claim victory.
The last meeting between the two was in the last 32 of Roland-Garros 2023, when Vito won in straight games, 21-19, 21-18.
Women’s singles representative Gregoria Mariska Tunjung will face Danish representative Line Christophersen. Gregoria excels on paper as world number 15, while her opponent is currently ranked world number 28.
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This time, Indonesia did not send a women’s doubles representative. Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, who were previously among the players to compete, had to forfeit after Fadia suffered an injury in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open 2023 last Saturday (2/14).
Full Indonesian player schedule:
Courts 1:
Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan vs. Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang (Match 3)
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung vs. Line Christophersen (Match 6)
Shesar Hiren Rhustavito vs. Lee Zii Jia (Match 7)
Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuella Widjaja vs. Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (Match 13)
Courts 2
Zachariah Josiahno Sumanti/Hediana Julimarbela (Match 1)
Short 3:
Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho vs. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Match 5)
He Ji Ting/Zhou Hao Dong vs. Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana (Match 8)
Lu Guang Zu vs. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Match 10)
Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari vs. Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dong Ping (Match 12).
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