Jakarta (ANTARA) – The sports competition schedule on Thursday (11/1) was marked by the struggles of a number of Indonesian athletes from various sports who were starting to go further in the tournament they were currently participating in, including badminton player Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and tennis player Muhammad Rifqi Fitriadi.

In badminton, Indonesian men's singles player Ginting will enter the round of 16 of the 2024 Malaysia Open after successfully defeating Taiwanese men's singles player Su Li Yang in the round of 16 on Tuesday (9/1). Ginting will face Chinese badminton player Lu Guang Zu on Thursday.

Besides Ginting, Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the women's singles will also fight in the round of 16 after going through a hot match to beat Japanese badminton player Natsuki Nidaira on Wednesday (10/1). Next, Gregoria will be challenged by Malaysian badminton player Goh Jin Wei.

The 2024 Malaysia Open round of 16, which took place at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, also featured Indonesian men's doubles pair Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, as well as mixed doubles pair Rehan Naufal/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati and Dejan Ferdianansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

In tennis, two Indonesian athletes, Rifqi and Beatrice Gumulya, will compete in the quarterfinals of two different ITF events. Rifqi, who failed in singles, is still struggling in the doubles sector of the ITF M25 Mandya, in India. Meanwhile, Beatrice, who had already beaten her compatriot Jessy Rompies, competed in the ITF W50 Nonthaburi, in Thailand.

Hailing from Indonesia, the 2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship to be held at Senayan Shooting Range, Jakarta, features a number of gaming events including the men's 50m rifle, women's 25m pistol and men's 25m rapid fire pistol.

From abroad, the English league football match pits Liverpool against Fullham. In tennis, the Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Adelaide International, is still underway with world number three Elena Rybakina and world number five Jessica Pegula securing places in the quarter-finals.

Here is the schedule of sports matches for Thursday (11/1).

Badminton
Malaysia Open 2024
08:00 WIB Gregoria M Tunjung vs Goh Jin Wei (Malaysia)
08:00 WIB Anthony S Ginting v Lu Guang Zu (China)
08:00 WIb Mohammad Ahsan/Henda Setiawan vs. He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu (China)
08:00 WIB Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto vs. Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee (China)
08:10 WIB Rehan Naufal/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati vs. Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China)
08:10 WIB Dejan Ferdiansyah/Gloriah Emanuelle W vs Seo Sung Jae/Chae Yu Jung (South Korea)

Tennis
FIT
1:00 p.m. WIB Beatrice Gumulya/Katie Swan vs. Luksika Kumkhum/Peangtarn Plipuech
5:00 p.m. WIB M Rifqi Fitriadi/Mr. Leong vs. Manish Sureshkumar/Parikshit Somani

Adelaide International
08:00 WIB Jessica Pegula vs. Anastasia Pavlychenkova
10:30 WIB Elena Rybakina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

To pull
2024 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship
11:15 a.m. WIB – 12:15 p.m. Women's 25m pistol final WIB

Soccer
EFL Cup (English League Cup) Semi-Finals
03:00 WIB Liverpool vs Fulham

Coppa Italia (Italian Cup)
00:00 WIB Lazio vs AS Roma
03:00 WIB AC Milan vs Atalanta

Spanish Super Cup
02:00 WIB Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid

Basketball
NBA
07:00 WIB Pstons vs Spurs
07:00 WIB Hornets vs Kings
07:00 WIB Celtics vs. Timberwolves
07:00 WIB Pacers vs. Wizards
07:30 WIB Hawks vs 76ers
07:30 WIB Heat vs Thunder