JAKARTA – Indonesian badminton women’s doubles Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Meilysa Trias Puspitasari must settle for a silver medal at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games. This result was achieved after defeating Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan in the final of the women’s doubles at the 2025 Southeast Asian Games.
Ana/Meilysa, who had the experience of facing Tan/Muralitharan three times, started the match trailing 0-5. Ana/Meilysa was caught, but was caught 7-11 at the break in the first game.
After a break, Ana/Meilysa was able to approach the opponent’s score and then equalized at 13-13 and took the lead at 14-13. The pursuit of points became intense until an intense duel, Ana/Meilysa took the lead at 16-15, but after that the Malaysian doubles was able to win six consecutive points and finished the match.
In the second game, Tan/Muralitharan took the lead again and left Ana/Meilysa 1-7. When the score was 2-10, Ana/Meilysa was able to win three consecutive points and narrow the gap before the interval to 5-11.
After a break, Ana/Meilysa tried to close the gap again. As in the first game, Ana/Meilysa was able to equalize at 13-13 and then there was an intense fight between the representatives of Indonesia and Malaysia.
This time Ana/Meilysa was able to take control and took the lead 19-16. The situation was not easy for the Indonesian representatives as Tan/Muralitharan closed the gap but then secured the 21-19 victory in the second set.
In the third game, Ana/Meilysa lost again. But the score didn’t go as far as in the first and second games. Ana/Meilysa tied the score at 6-6 and took an 8-6 lead.
Ana/Meilysa, who had taken the lead 17-14, could not maximize the lead and had to be beaten. Tan/Muralitharan won three points in a row and tied it at 17-17.
Four consecutive points from Tan/Muralitharan then ended the women’s doubles final match.
With this defeat, Indonesia achieved one more silver medal in the sport of badminton. The total medals of badminton athletes till date are one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
Gold was produced by the men’s badminton team, while silver was obtained by Ana/Meilysa and the women’s badminton team. The bronze contribution was obtained by Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu in the mixed doubles.
Indonesia also managed to win another gold medal thanks to Alwi Farhan and Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah who met in the final of the men’s profession.
There is also a hope of securing gold in the men’s doubles when Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Isfahani advance to the final against Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik.
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