Badminton News: Indonesia’s world number 1 men’s doubles duo, Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto couldn’t hide his disappointment when they were eliminated early in the quarter-finals of the prestigious Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament.
Appearing in front of the home fans who packed the Gelora Istora Senayan Jakarta, Fajar/Rian had to defeat Indian Swiss Open 2023 champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty with two easy 13-21 and 13-21 matches.
After the fight, Fajar admitted that he and Rian tried their best, but the Indian pair played very well and were easily penetrated.
“I’m sad because the result didn’t go the way we wanted. In this game I showed my best game and tried all game patterns. We admit that our opponent is superior in this game. match,” Fajar said, through a press release from PP PBSI Public Relations.
“In this game we weren’t nervous about playing and we didn’t really put out our best game in this game,” he added.
With this result, the Indian pair Satwik/Chirag managed to equalize in their head to head with a score of 2-2 with Fajar/Rian in the last four meetings.
Meanwhile, this is Fajar/Rian’s third consecutive minor result in the World Tour tournament. Previously, the 2023 All England champion was stranded in the first round of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 and Singapore Open Super 750 tournaments last week at Lion City.
The qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics having begun, Fajar/Rian must find the right formula to be able to recover given that a busy program awaits them.
Article tags: Fajar Alfian, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Indonesia Open 2023
