Nova is now officially an assistant coach to Richard Mainaky. He will probably be in charge of the back-up and newly recruited junior pairs like: Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Anggraini, Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita, Alfian Eko Prasetya/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, Lukhi Apri Nugroho/Annisa Saufika, and Muhd Rizki Delynugraha/Sri Wulan Sari. Another coach, Yanti Kusmiaty, will probably assist Richard for the first-team pairs at the moment: Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir, Mohd Rijal/Debby Susanto, and Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati. However, the line-ups may change post Olympics. Owing to the improvements they made since end of last year, I think Irfan/Weni and Riky/Richi will be retained. Ditto for the new partnership of Lukhi/Annisa. Alfian still needs to compete in junior tourney this year (for the AJC & WJC). So, I hope either Rijal or Fran can be paired with Gloria.
badMania's hope comes true just not more than 45 minutes after Towi/Butet's winning. Even though always won in recent matches against THA pair, Towi/Butet need to still aware. Last match is delivered in rubber game.