KOMPAS.com – The women’s singles badminton player, Putri Kusuma Wardani, gave Indonesia a 3-0 lead over Germany in the inaugural match of the Group A phase of the Uber Cup.
Indonesia vs Germany women’s team match took place at Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark, Saturday (9/10/2021) afternoon WIB.
Putri Kusuma Wardani won 21-11 and 21-17 over Ann-Kathrin Spoeri. This victory was not achieved by Putri easily. He almost played three games because in the second set he was almost always behind his opponent.
The new daughter could equalize the points at 17-17 before finally closing the second game with a 21-17 victory.
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This result has actually ensured Indonesia’s victory over Germany because the Red and White women’s team won 3-0 first.
The previous two points were presented by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (women’s singles) and Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (women’s doubles).
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However, in the group stage, all five games still have to be played. This means that Indonesia still has a chance to wipe out this match.
The next match will be women’s doubles Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti/Ribka Sugiarto against Annabella Jaeger/Leona Michalski.
After the women’s doubles match, the Indonesia vs Germany match closed with the women’s singles duel between Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo and Thuc Phuong Nguyen.
The game of Putri Kusuma Wardani vs Ann-Kathrin Spoeri
Putri Kusuma Wardani and Ann-Kathrin Spoeri are both still junior players.
The rankings of the two players are also outside the top 100. Putri Kusuma Wardani is ranked 126th in the world. Meanwhile, Ann-Kathrin Spoeri is in 180th position.
Meanwhile, Ann-Kathrin Spoeri tried to show a fast game at the beginning of the first game. She opened a 2-0 lead over Putri Kusuma Wardani.
However, Putri also did not stay silent. He pressed the opponent to manage to equalize to 2-2.
Both badminton players were still playing tight to the position of 4-3, before Putri made Ann-Kathrin Spoeri not move.
Putri kept her distance from Ann-Kathrin Spoeri after winning seven consecutive points and winning 11-3 in the first game interval.
The advantage can be maintained by Putri after the break. He did not give time for the German players to chase the points.
Entering the crucial points, Putri is 8 points ahead at 17-9. The player who is familiarly called Putri KW then closed the first game with a 21-11 victory.
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The two players were more evenly matched in the second game. Putri and Spoeri share points with each other until the position is 6-6.
After that, Spoeri widened the advantage to 10-6. However, Putri KW was able to get close even though they were still 9-11 behind in the second game interval.
After the break, Putri tried to stick to Spoeri’s points. He almost equalized at 12-13.
However, pressure after pressure from the German women’s singles succeeded in bearing fruit and again keeping their distance from Putri. Score 16-12 at that time.
Daughter can then comeback then equalized 17-17 and turned the lead to 18-17.
On the other hand, Spoeri’s score was stopped at 17 and Putri finally secured a 21-17 victory in the second game.
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