Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto Go to Semifinal

Badminton news - Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto steady into the semis. Double mix of Indonesia was not too difficult to overcome the double Malaysia Chan Peng Soon / Cheah Yee See.

Playing at the SydneyPark Sport Center on Friday (06/23/2017) evening, Praveen / Debby easily stole the first game with a 21-8 victory. In the second game the game runs more tightly.

Praveen / Debby trailed 10-11 at the interval after winning 10-9 from Chan / Cheah. After the interval, the pair chasing each other with numbers to draw 12-12, 13-13, and 14-14.

Lucky for Praveen / Debby. They can then serve Malaysia's fierce mixed doubles game with victory in the second game 21-17. Complete match within 37 minutes.

With this result Praveen / Debby, who became the sole representative of national pelatnas Indonesia, is entitled to advance to the semifinals. They will then face South Korean representative Kim Dukyoung / Kim Ha Na, who was eliminated by Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir in the first round of the Indonesia Open a few days ago.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's badminton Hendra Setiawan also managed to advance to the semifinals in the men's doubles sector. Hendra who paired with players from Malaysia, Tan Boon Heong, managed to beat Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko 21-14 and 21-12.

"In this game we are winning strategically, we know that the opponent is not easily turned off, so we have to implement the right strategy, hopefully we can keep our focus on the next match," Hendra said in a PBSI release received by detikSport.

In the next game, Hendar / Tan will face a Chinese partner, Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan, Saturday (24/06/2017).