As feared, Riyanto Subagja lost to the seeded Pakkawat Vilailak. Another WS players also will return home early. 3 days in Vietnam is enough for them.
Sirnas Jambi is relatively quiet......less players too. No Jeka/Raffi and Rian/Fajar here. BD Taruna will probably have a new winner as the elite pairs from Jaya Raya and PB Djarum are not competing. I will be keeping an eye on Tedi Supriadi/Yantoni Edy Saputra [8]. They lost in a close match against Rian Swastedian/R. Eka Fajar Kusuma last week. Ditto for Hantoro/Arsya Isnanu Ardi Putra [4]. The main challenge will be from Bagus Haryanto/Firman Ramadhan [5], Rizko Asuro/Wildan Atmaja [2]. I am not sure about the top-seed here though.
I will be keeping an eye on Arinda in GS U19, hehehehe... and Bayu Pangisthu in BS U19... Both have to meet seeded players soon...
I think Djarum's GS U-17 : Aida Arum Amanah, Syafitri Nur Azizah & Marsha Indah Salsabila are better to play in U-19. The quality of our GS are so low, need to push some younger age to compete on higher age category. Let Fitriyani, Devi Yunita Sari, etc are compete in U-17.
Arinda is through to the GS U19 Quarterfinals in Sirnas Jambi Open. Sehe will face Lya Ersalita [7] next... Last week in Sirnas Sumatra Selatan Open, Arinda was defeated by Setyana in the quarterfinals. Arinda Sari Sinaga
I guess Arinda Sari Sinaga will beat Lya in QF. And Arinda will probably face Febtria in SF. While Berliyan will face Putri in QF.
Arinda lost to Lya Ersalita 21-13 14-21 19-21 Rina Andriani d Tri Ria Maya 21-17 21-11 Berliyan Sudrajat d Putri Sekartaji 21-10 21-13 Febtria d Uzchi Ananda 21-11 21-18
Repeat of Sirnas Palembang, 3 PB. Djarums GS U-17 : Aida Aruma Amanah, Marsha Indah Salsabila & Syafitri Nur Azizah through SF plus Shinta Arum of PB. Mutiara. In Sirnas Palembang these 3 girls went to SF + Priskila Siahaya of PB. Exist.
U-17 BS: Vicky Angga d M. Shulton 21-13 21-7 Endrue Tampi d Redi Perdana 21-18 21-15 GS Syafitri Nur Azizah d Marsha Indah Salsabila 21-19 21-17 Aida Arum Amanah d Shinta Arum 11-21 21-14 23-21
U-19 BS: Rivan Fauzin d Ryan Fajar Satrio 21-11 21-16 Setyaldi P.W. v Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 21-15 14-21 8-11 GS: Rina Andriani d Berliyan Sudrajat 24-26 21-16 21-19 Febtria Adhistya d Ly Ersalita 23-21 21-16
Cool... Ihsan defeated Jonatan Christy along the way. Jonatan is very strong in smashing, while Ihsan is a classic counter-puncher... hehehe In the end, the counter puncher won...
It's an all-Djarum Final in MD as expected. Rian Sukmawan/Rendra Wijaya are expected to win their first Sirnas title this year, after a near miss in the Kalimantan Open 2012. In BD U-19, with the absence of the usual elites, Tedi Supriadi/Yantoni Edy Saputra have progressed to the Final. They will face Rizko Asuro/Wildan Atmaja. Remember....Tedi Supriadi is only 16, while Yantoni is 14..turning 15 next month! Yantoni graduated from U-15 to U-17 last year and now already plays in U-19!
tedi/yantoni, I think, they are the better pair than their clubmates, arsya/hantoro I also like the fact that yantoni is a lefty and has a good power smash