INA Masters GP Gold always take place outside Jakarta, the previous editions staged in Samarinda, Yogyakarta, Palembang You're welcome Day 2 tournament will start on 09.00am local time (4 court) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=4A8A3A43-948B-46F8-8C90-C1B980DE6179 The unexpected result for one of home mixed doubles seeded pair, Subaktiar/Widjaja who lost narrowly to their teammate Prasetya/Mahmudin yesterday. Last year beaten finalist, Firman A.Kholik will meet tough opening round, Chinese back-up Qiao Bin also another local boys Pangisthu has an uphill task against Macau Open champion Jeon Hyeok Jin. Two Indonesian seasoned campaigners, Kuncoro and Yunus will face each other today. Unfavourable draw for local promising teen, Gregoria Mariska will take on top-seed and strong fave P.V. Sindhu at first round. Macau Open first round rematches will see Firdasari v Chen YF and Hartawan v He BJ.
Qiao Bin outplays last year runner-up Firman Abdul Kholik in first game, 21-7. A solid defense combined with various attacking shots by Chinese player.
It's much better at second game, Kholik is starting to apply offensive style, 11-9 for young local player.
HBJ is error-prone, so many unforced errors, either lifting long, smashing wide or finding the net; that's bad.
Indonesian WS youngster go all out, neck to neck against the newly champion of Macau Open P.V Sindhu. Georgia stole the second game and now fight in the decider.
Oh they did it amazingly. Even with doing double duties most of the Malaysian players have survived today. The most notable result would be the newly formed MD Tan Kian Meng / Low Juan Shen winning their match as usual today. Another newly formed WD Chow Mei Kuan / Lai Pei Jing also won their match over a senior WD veteran player. Wow it seems that the newly formed young junior pairs are working magic. So unbelievable.
I am not trying to belittle any player but trying to be fair to all the players. Throughout the tournaments so far I realised that Indonesian youngsters and Malaysian youngsters have really improved a lot. Malaysia have the new promising pair of Tan Kian Meng rising up as a good MD and XD player. Not forgetting Lai Pei Jing too. Indonesian have so many young rising MS coming up.
I feel that Shi Yuqi is a better and more thinking player than Lin Guipu. The way LGP played against Shafira just now, he would have lost to Evert, I think.
I really hope Muhammad Bayu Pangisthu to make a breakthrough. For me, he is way more talented than Ihsan and Ginting. He even has a pretty good record against Jonathan Christie in junior days. Now it's up to him. He has all the tools and continue to develop outstanding skills to have a great badminton career. But his mental toughness is not up to it now.
Firdasari has just announced that the match against Chen Yufei was her last match. She decided to be a coach in her badminton club in Jakarta. She is not the best from Indonesia, but she has done many for the national team. Thank you Firdasari!
He is 3 years older than Jonatan, no wonder about that positive record. It's true he has all the skill he needs. He just to be more serious to train and fight in every match. Heard somewhere Bayu is a very easy/funny guy, like to make jokes and laugh a lot. Could it be a factor?
Sukamta strong defense frustrated Shi YQ at game 1. Then, I noticed before game 2 interval Shi YQ changed his game plan, more pro-active and he intercepted the rally several times with hard smash. Yup, she mentioned at social media that INA Masters is her farewell tournament. Good luck Firda ROUND OF 32 (MS) & 16 (all) (11.00am local time, 4 court) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=4A8A3A43-948B-46F8-8C90-C1B980DE6179 Local youngster Pangisthu stunned newly-crowned Macau Open winner Jeon Hyeok Jin, made the only big surprise of day-2 tournament. Top-seed Srikanth is expected to through into last sixteen and will meet either Qiao Bin or Goh Soon Huat. Home favourite Tommy Sugiarto has Chinese junior Lin GP and may face his senior Kuncoro for a place in quarterfinal. Defending champion Prannoy will be tested by Youth Olympic Games Champion Shi YQ who shows good development lately. Top four seeds in women's singles category should pass second round, Indian rising star Sindhu was forced to play rubber games against local promising talent, Gregoria Mariska yesterday. Two last eight spots have been ensured by local players, Febe and Hera Desi are favoured to progress.
what ?? jojo was born in 1997, and bayu was born in 1996. only 1 year older. M. Bayu Pangisthu was late in joining big club, that's why, he is a late bloomer compared to Jonathan. When just joined Djarum, he always faced a seeded opponent in early round, it's because he has no ranking, no experience in Sirnas. His main problem is still mental toughness. We should wait. Next year, he will still be in Pelatnas, he should show some progress.
I finally did. We met at the local culinary restaurant, it's INA XD squad having lunch with Nova Widianto and One of the Mainaky brother. Kinda awkward to choose with whom I want to take picture with. But at least I finally kept t together and took pics with Liliyana and Owi. Sorry for my unimportant story, lol. Finally a surprise that doesn't involve Jonathan, Anthony, and Ihsan.
I always think that Bayu is even older than Ihsan who was born in 1995. Because of the height probably, my bad. Today there are two youngsters born in 1999 playing. Wulan Cahya will be up against Sindhu. Mega Ciputra Vs Anthony Ginting. Good to see they can pass round one.
