Tokyo Olympics Badminton Final Results, Greysia/Apriyani Wins Gold Medal! page all

KOMPAS.com – Indonesian women’s doubles Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu won the gold medal in badminton at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

They got the medal after defeating Chen Qing Chen / Jia Yi Fan (China) in the final on Monday (2/8/2021) morning WIB.

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Competing on Field 1 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Greysia/Apriyani won two straight games with a score of 21-19, 21-15 in 55 minutes.

Greysia/Apriyani became the first Indonesian women’s doubles to win an Olympic gold medal.

Previously, the best achievement of Indonesian women’s doubles in the four-year multi-sport competition was only the quarter-finals, namely at the 2016 Rio Olympics (Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda).

In addition, the success of Greysia/Apriyani ensured that Indonesia won its first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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The course of the match

Greysia/Apriyani had lost the first point. However, they managed to turn things around 2-1 after two drop shot Greysia fell into the opponent’s field of play.

Besides drop shot, Greysia/Apriyani are also good at placing the ball. This was shown by Greysia / Apriyani when they increased their advantage to 5-1.

The advantages of Greysia/Apriyani continue to grow. Two long balls in China’s women’s doubles far back. They were away 7-3.

Greysia/Apriyani had lost several points and their advantage narrowed to just one point at 8-7.

However, Greysia / Apriyani managed to overcome it and closed the first game interval with an 11-8 advantage.

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After the break, Greysia / Apriyani lost three points due to their own mistakes. The position changed to a draw 11-11, they are still ahead.

However, Greysia/Apriyani soon won two more points and their lead increased to 13-11.

Chen/Jia made a lot of mistakes after that, Greysia/Apriyani got the upper hand. They are four points clear at 16-12.

The advantage of Greysia / Apriyani increased to five points when entering critical points, namely at 19-14.

China’s women’s doubles made a lot of mistakes, so it was in Greysia/Apriyani’s favor.

However, after that, Greysia/Apriyani actually lost a lot of points. They were unable to counter Chen/Jia’s attacks. Position becomes 19-18.

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After going through a fierce battle, Greysia/Apriyani finally won the first game with a score of 21-19.

At the beginning of the second game, there was a long rally before ending with Apriyani Rahayu’s smash. Score 1-0 to Greysia / Apriyani.

The position had changed to 1-1, but Greysia / Apriyani took the advantage back to 3-1 after netting Chen/Jia caught up in the net and Apriyani Rahayu’s smash glided heavily into the opponent’s area.

Greysia/Apriyani increased the lead to 7-2, several mistakes in the Chinese women’s doubles and Apriyani’s ingenuity in placing the ball became the source of Greysia/Apriyani’s points.

The second game interval was finally won by Greysia/Apriyani with an 11-7 advantage. Apriyani’s sharp smash ended Chen/Jia’s resistance in the first half of the second game.

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After the pause, Apriyani Rahayu reflexes in returning flick serve Chen/Jia made the Indonesian women’s doubles add a 12-8 advantage.

Greysia/Apriyani continued to press Chen/Jia. Many of their punches could not be anticipated by the opponent. They were away 17-9.

Greysia/Apriyani continued to maintain that advantage, even increasing to nine points at 19-10 when the ball sent by Chen/Jia caught in the net.

Greysia/Apriyani had lost a few points, but finally won the second game with a score of 21-15.