Petaling Jaya: It was an unusual setting as Pearly Tan-M. Tina stood her ground on a day when all men collided in the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Masters Tournament.
The country’s best women’s doubles duo Burleigh-Thina stormed into the semifinals with a thrilling 21-11, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Jungkulvan Kititharakul-Rawenda Pragunjai in 44 minutes at the Astura Senayan Stadium in Jakarta yesterday.
The duo’s graceful victory secured their second straight berth in this year’s semifinals after reaching the same stage at the Thailand Open last month.
The world number 10 will face local duo and Hanoi SEA Games champion Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Ramadanti for a place in his first final of the year.
The Indonesians stunned world number two Lee Soo-hye Shin Seung-chan of South Korea yesterday in another quarter-final match.
On being the only Malaysian representative in the semi-finals, Burleigh said: “It doesn’t change anything even though we’re the only ones left. We will do everything in our power to make our country proud.”
“The most important thing is to keep our focus, to trust each other and also our coach,” the 22-year-old added.
For the first time in a while, Malaysia will no longer have a representative in the men’s doubles semi-finals as they defeated Aaron Chea-Suh, Wei Yek and Goh Sze at Noor Azuddin Rumsani.
National No. 1 player Aaron Wei-yik lamented his ordeal after the latter contracted food poisoning before his match against Chinese qualifier Liang Weiqing-Wang Zhang.
Aaron-Wooi Yik ended up losing 21-16, 13-21, 17-21, not thanks to the imperfect condition of 24-year-old Wooi Yik, while Sze Fei-Izzuddin couldn’t keep up their good start before losing 21-10. , 11-21, 18-21 for the pairing of World No. 1 Marcos Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya.
“I don’t want to make excuses, but Wu Yi was poisoned before the match. He told me that he wanted to try and play,” said Rexie Mainaki, head coach of the national doubles team.
“In the third match, his body was cold and his face was pale. If it wasn’t for this, I’m sure he and Aaron would have won the match.”
On Thursday, Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See withdrew from the tournament after the former also suffered from food poisoning.
World No. 5 Lee Zii Jia tasted defeat for the first time in almost three months when he lost to World No. 6 Anthony Genting of Indonesia 21-18, 16-21, 15-21 in a spirited encounter. .
Anthony will play Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in today’s semi-finals, while the other match will be between Singapore’s Luo Qin Yu and Taiwan’s Zhou Tian Chen.
Final Quarterly Results
Men’s Singles: Anthony Genting (Ena) Pet Li Zi Jia (Diamond) 18-21, 21-16, 21-15; Luo Qin Yu (Sin) Punt Lu Guangzhou (China) 21-15, 21-19; Chu Tian Chen (TB) PT Lakxia Sen (India) 21-16, 12-21. 21-14 Victor Axelsen (Dean) defeated Angus Ng Ka Long (Height kg) 21-13, 21-9.
husband of men: Liang Weiqing – Wang Chang (Chen) vencieron a Aaron Chia – Suh Wei Yik (Mas) 16-21, 21-13, 21-17; Marcos Fernaldi – Kevin Sanjaya (Ena) vs. Goh Sze en Nour Azzedine Rumsani (Mas) 10-21, 21-11, 21-18
single ladies: He Bingjiao (Chn) defeated Line Kjaersfeldt (Den) 22-20, 21-14; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 21-11, 21-15; Han Yu (Chen) defeated Iris Wang (USA) 15-21, 21-18, 21-18.
The husband of my ladies: Bronceado nacarado – M. Thinaah (Mas) bt Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai (Tha) 21-11, 21-16; Qin Qingchen-Jia Yifan (China) won Liu Chuanxian Xia Yuting (China) 21-8, 21-13; Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Ramadhanti (Ina) bt Lee So-heeShin Seung-chan (Kor) 15-21, 21-16, 21-16; Jeong Na Yoon Kim Hye Jeong (Núcleo) Bt Phoebe Janie Rebecca Sugiarto (Ina) 21-16, 21-18.
Mixed Doubles: Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yu-jung (Kor) with Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping (China) 19-21, 21-10, 21-14; Subak Gomkoh Subisara Pausambran (Tha) Pet Renov Rivaldi – Betha Haningyas (Ena) 21-13, 21-14; Zeng Siwei-Hwang Yakyung (Chen) defeated Koo Seung-Hyun Eum Hae-won (Kur) 21-8, 21-14; Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet 21-15, 21-10.
