KOMPAS.com – Twitter social media was enlivened with video clips of the interview of the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali with a private television station.
In the video clip that was circulated, Menpora mentioned the men’s doubles Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto as the new men’s singles which is not widely known by the public.
“There is our new men’s single, Fajar Rian. Previously, the public didn’t know them very well, this time they performed and even won in straight sets. That’s an exciting thing,” Menpora Zainudin Amali said in the video.
Is an account @andar_sihombing who uploaded the video clip on Twitter social media.
How is the minister? @KEMENPORA_RI want to take care of big things, distinguish between single and double players, just fail
After all, Fajar Rian is double 7th in the world, Mr. Minister
It’s been a long time since you’ve been famous, you don’t know!!@BadmintonTalk @INABadminton #ThomasCup2020 pic.twitter.com/XiLG3gCBID— Burnout Syndrome (@andar_sihombing) October 17, 2021
To date, the video has been viewed 134.5 thousand times, shared 1,854 times, and liked by 3,496 netizens.
In the video, it is known that the interview was conducted by the Metro TV station after Indonesia succeeded in bringing home the Thomas Cup trophy.
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Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto’s world achievements
Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto is one of Indonesia’s mainstay men’s doubles.
The couple is currently ranked 7th in the world, while the highest ranking they have ever achieved is number 5 in 2020.
A number of achievements that they have achieved on the BWF World Tour are the 2019 Korean Open, Swiss Open 2019, Syed Modi International 2018, and Malaysia Master 2018.
Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto also won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia.
In the Thomas Cup event, Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto competed four times, two of them in the group stage.
Of the four matches, Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto only lost once, namely against the Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin pair with a score of 26-28, 21-16, and 14-21.
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In the final, Fajar Alfian/M Rian Ardianto won two sets at once from the Chinese pair He Ji Ting/Zhou Hao Dong with a score of 21-12 and 21-19.
The victory contributed one point for Indonesia’s victory over China with a score of 3-0.
With this result, Indonesia won the 14th title and confirmed its dominance in the Thomas Cup.
The Thomas Cup title was successfully achieved after waiting for 19 years. Because Indonesia last won in 2002.
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