jpnn.com, PARIS - Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan a.k.a. The Daddies secured a ticket to the quarter finals of the 2021 French Open after overcoming the resistance of the Taiwanese duo Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han.
Competing at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Thursday (28/10), The Daddies won three games 21-16, 14-21, and 21-16 over Lu and Yang in one hour.
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At the start of the first game, The Daddies closed the first interval with a one-point advantage, 11-10.
After the break, the two pairs continued to play tight until the Daddies scored 14-13 points.
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Ahsan and Hendra, who became the second seed of the 2021 French Open, showed their capacity and closed the first game with a 21-16 victory over Lu and Yang.
Entering the second game, Lu and Yang started to play fast games against Ahsan and Hendra.
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As a result, the Taiwanese duo could take the second interval with an 11-8 advantage.
Ahsan and Hendra who were left behind tried to catch up.
Unfortunately, The Daddies' efforts were in vain as they had to give up 14-21 in the second set.
They continued to a third set to determine the winner.
In this decisive set, Ahsan and Hendra tried to improve their way of playing and won the third interval with a score of 11-4.
After the break, The Daddies got the upper hand until they were able to take a 15-8 lead over Lu and Yang.
Ahsan and Hendra finally closed the third game with a 21-16 victory and ensured themselves to advance to the quarter finals to face the winner of the match between Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baekcheol from South Korea against Akira Koga and Taichi Saito from Japan.
The Daddies became the second Indonesian pairs to qualify for the quarter finals of the 2021 French Open after Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, who in the previous match defeated Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov from France. (bwf/mcr16/mcr20/jpnn)
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