Malaysia Masters: Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo Wins, Ginting Falls to S. Sinisuka
Malaysia Masters: Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo Wins, Ginting Falls to S. Sinisuka. Ginting was one of three Indonesians in the final. The 24-year-old Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo was the other. Now the Indonesian teenager has won bragging rights over a senior compatriot at their first meeting on the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500.
There was plenty of fallout from the quarterfinals, with three champions from the last tournament falling in their respective match ups. Thais Supak Jomkoh and Arisa Higashino knocked out top seeded players Akane Yamaguchi/Yuta Watanabe, while Gregoria Mariska Tunjung upset defending champion, Akane Yamaguchi.
Last week’s champions, Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, Ratchanok Intanon and Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti were among the top contenders to bow out. The home duo of Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan set the stadium on fire with their straight-game takedown of Rahayu/Ramadhanti at the last minute.
Wardoyo continues to significantly improve this season, qualifying for the semi finals of the Badminton Asia Championships and beating four of the top players. Today he was in control despite losing the first game, remaining focused and overcoming Ginting 11-21 21-16 21-17.
Despite being in the semi-finals matches, Wardoyo is satisfied. The main focus in today’s match was to be prepared mentally, as it wasn’t awkward to face his senior, as they are professional players.
Following the pandemic, a time of low competitive tennis, he’s now enjoying every match. A result of his training during the pandemic months, he’d say, his recent play is at a good level again. As there were few tournaments during the pandemic period, he had a lot of time to train. His high level play in the later part of the season could be due to all the experience that he earned through tournament participation during those times.
Yuta Watanabe wasn’t playing his best, suffering a fall in their last match. With more important teammates who had won games such as Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai coaching them, the Thai team overcame the loss from losing game 2 to win game 3 23-21 14-21 21-18.
Paewsampran said, Today we were able to execute whatever we planned at full speed, with no concern for winning or losing. The main thing was to keep the shuttle steady in the air. They’re extremely fast and they need us to avoid lifting it in the air. It helped having you in your coach’s chair, you know their game well!
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