great to see pemula class. they beat each other, and no one is really dominating this class... i hope this is a sign that we will have a great MS batch from this class...
gifar is actually good and talented.... but still error prone.... he has all the skill required to be a good player... but too many errors... his defence is still not so good...
good sign for new taruna pair, kevin sanjaya/raffidias, as they beat 1st seed hafiz faisal/putra eka 21-15 21-13 it's nearly 3am in the morning, and they are still playing.. wow..
Pelatnas vs Djarum : 2-1 ronald/selvanus - rian/rendra : 21-13 11-21 21-17 ade yusuf/wahyu - dandi/wifqi : 21-14 11-21 21-16 fernando/yonathan - hardianto/rizky : 21-12 19-21 21-18
I hope the Jkt open organizers use 2 venues for next year tournament, so that the match won't ended at 3 AM in the morning like today.
Those in my watch-list still in the SF: Tunggal Pemula Putra - Joyireh Avi Manasye [3] Tunggal Pemula Putri - Agdevika Rochmadani Sanjaya [7] Tunggal Remaja Putra - M. Bayu Pangisthu [3] Tunggal Remaja Putri - Marsa Indah Salsabila [2] Tunggal Taruna Putra - Ihsan Maulana Mustofa [3] Ganda Taruna Putra - Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo / Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho [6] - Arsya Isnanu Ardi Putra / Hantoro [8] - Tedi Supriadi/Yantoni Edy Saputra [13] Ganda Taruna Campuran - Edi Subaktiar/Melati Daeva Oktaviani [1]
MS SF Arief Gifar Ramadhan [11] vs Senatria Agus Setia Putra [2] - the progress of Gifar has been encouraging this week, having beaten Fauzi Adnan and Yoga Pratama. His next test is against Senatria. It will be an excellent result if Gifar can reach the Final! WS SF Hera Desi Ana Rachmawati [1] vs Hanna Ramadini - Hera Desi is expected to win the title for Pelatnas. Let's see if she can do it today. MD SF Ronald Alexander/Selvanus Geh vs Rangga Yove Rianto/Seiko Wahyu Kusdianto [4] - after the upset over Rian/Rendra, I believe Ronald/Selvanus can go all the way to win the title. Fernando Kurniawan/Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki vs Ade Yusuf Santoso/Wahyu Nayaka A.P. - the other Pelatnas pair has really raised my eyebrow several times this week, having beaten Dandi/Wifqi and Rizky/Albert. Still, Yoke/Edo have the edge. WD SF Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth/Rizky Amelia Pradipta [8] vs Anggia Shitta Awanda/Shella Devi Aulia [4] - it's a good decision for Pia to partner Rizky. Having won the Vietnam IC title and participated in the MAS GPG, we shall see them again in the Thailand GPG, INA SSP (Qualifying) and Singapore SS. Just reaching the first-round of each tourney will see them being ranked in the top 75 in just 5 tourneys! They definitely have an edge over the Pelatnas hopeful. XD SF Hafiz Faisal/Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth [8] vs Fernando Kurniawan/Mona Santoso - Hafiz/Pia also had won the Vietnam IC title and will be tested again in the upcoming Thailand GPG. They should reach the Final. BS U-19 SF Jonathan Christie [7] vs Ihsan Maulana Mustofa [3] - I would like to see Jonathan winning the title this week. BD U-19 SF Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho [6] vs Aldo Abdillah/Alfian Sangaji [11] - having beaten Hafiz/Eka easily, I think Kevin/Rafi will go on to lift the title! Hantoro/Arsya Isnanu Ardi Putra [8] vs Tedi Supriadi/Yantoni Edy Saputra [11] - an all-Djarum SF clash. Both pairs are on the up-trend and this will probably be a 3-sets match. Hantoro/Arsya have the slight edge. XD U-19 SF Edi Subaktiar/Melati Daeva Oktaviani [1] vs Tedi Supriadi/Della Augustia - Edi/Melati to win the title!
if only Hanna Ramadini has better stamina, she would beat Hera Desi. ~ next interesting match : Gifar vs Senatria ..
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho also confirm their potential as they beat Aldo Abdillah/Alfian Sangaji to reach the Final. It will be an all-Djarum Final against Hantoro/Arsya Isnanu Ardi Putra.
The top-seed Edi Subaktiar/Melati Daeva Oktaviani won the XD U-19 as expected, after a 3-sets battle against the second-seed Aldo Abdillah/Desaula Gendy 17-21, 21-11, 21-15. Strangely, the Djarum pair is not seeded for Sirnas Bandung next week??? There's also no top-seed, with Rian Swastedian/Masita Mahmudin [2] being placed at the top of the draw and Aldo Abdillah/Desaula Gendy [3] being placed at the bottom of the draw. There needs to be a redraw!
Hera Desi Ana Rachmawati failed in her quest to bring the WS title as she lost to serial Sirnas winner Febby Angguni (her 3rd titles this year) in 2-sets: 19-21, 17-21.
I am watching the live-streaming of the BD U-15 Final. The Djarum boys are really small in size and still developing. I guess they are barely 13 or at most 14. Shots are quite wild at times and rallies are over quite quick. Even Yantoni Edy Saputra is only 15 this year and he already forged quite a solid partnership with Tedi Supriadi (16) and they play in U-19!
I am hoping to watch Kevin/Rafi against Hantoro/Arsya right after this BD U-15 match. The Jaya Raya pair looks more solid and probably older than the Djarum pair too.