Rinov/Pitha is the best bet for INA XD atm. I think Rehan/Siti can do fairly well. They were WJC runner up last year.
As of now, INA has sent 6 players/pairs to World Tour Final. No more additional slot for INA unless some withdrawal happens. The players/pairs who will go to WTF, assuming that they won't withdraw, are Tommy, Anthony, minions, Ahsan/Hendra, Greysia/Apriyani, and Hafiz/Gloria.
Yesterday, Indonesian Sports Award is held. Badminton players dominate the award. Best Women's Team : Female Badminton Team Most Favorite Women's Pair : Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu Most Favorite Men's Pair : Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Most Favorite Mixed Pair : Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir Most Favorite Men's Individual : Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Lifetime Achievement Award : Christian Hadinata Sports Institution of The Year : PB Djarum Coach of The Year : Herry Imam Pierngadi Athlete of The Year : Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo From the 20 awards available, 9 awards go to Badminton peoples. This shows how dominating badminton is in Indonesia.
Only Polii/Rahayu, The Minions, Herry IP and Christian Hadinata attended this first ever INA Sports Awards.
https://sport.detik.com/raket/d-4315667/liliyana-dan-debby-pensiun-bareng-pelatih-pusing-7-keliling This article is in Indonesian language. From this article, Butet will retire in Indonesia Masters. Debby will retire soon. The coach, Richard, admitted that it is a bit late to do regeneration. This situation will give the coach massive headache.
Yeah, football is the number one sports in almost all of the countries. While badminton receives much glory in Indonesia, football has sunk further below. Just look at Indonesia's failure in AFF and the way the head of PSSI blames the reporter as the source of this.
Minions, Polii, Butet, Jojo, Anthony exhibition game Nov 24. Occasionally switching to left hand... Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk
So Kevin can play with his left hand much better than Mogensen What would Mogensen say if he watched this clip.
netizens of twitter have been complaining about him, the way he managed XD talents they even called him step-coach (as in stepmother)
I think netizens from instagram are even harsher. Many of the INA fans in the local forum complain about him a lot. They also complain about Vita too. Nova is much appreciated than these two.
Yup, how ironic and pathetic but becoming reality in Indonesia despite badminton is only reliable sport to deliver Gold Medal at Olympic Games since INA initial participation, 1952 Helsinki Games.
Hopefully, there will be another sports that Indonesia can count on. Weightlifting and sports climbing are right up there.
It's official : Indonesia masters 2019 would be the last international tournament for liliyana natsir.. Lee yong dae also gonna play in Indonesia masters..
Every time I see them sponsoring big events/teams or whenever I read the name of the club, I'm amused by the fact that a freaking tobacco company is so involved in sports. It's probably the one thing that you can never truly endorse as an athlete (although sh*tty fast food is a bit disingenuous as well).
well but I do think for a tobacco company they are very generous with the player and their support for the players is really good, I would say its even better than what the government is doing for the player, they also have world class facility which explains the numbers of legend that they can produce.
Have you smoked a black djarum cigarette yet? How does it effect motivation especially just before the games?
