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Favorites falter at world championships
We did it!: Indonesian mixed doubles badminton players Praveen Jordan (left) and Debby Susanto express their joy after defeating Denmarkâs Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen during the second round of the 2015 Total BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday
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We did it!: Indonesian mixed doubles badminton players Praveen Jordan (left) and Debby Susanto express their joy after defeating Denmarkâs Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen during the second round of the 2015 Total BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday. Perveen and Debby won 22-20, 19-21, 23-21.(Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf) (left) and Debby Susanto express their joy after defeating Denmarkâs Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen during the second round of the 2015 Total BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday. Perveen and Debby won 22-20, 19-21, 23-21.(Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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span class="inline inline-center">We did it!: Indonesian mixed doubles badminton players Praveen Jordan (left) and Debby Susanto express their joy after defeating Denmark's Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen during the second round of the 2015 Total BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday. Perveen and Debby won 22-20, 19-21, 23-21.(Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Round 16 of the 2015 Total BWF World Championships was marked with upsets, one presented by Indonesia's Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto against their nemesis, world number five Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen of Denmark.
At the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium on Thursday, Praveen/Debby pulled a stunning 22-20, 19-21, 23-21 win over their opponents, whom they had never managed to beat in their previous six meetings.
Pedersen expressed disappointment with the result.
'It was a close game as we had expected from the beginning. We're really disappointed right now. We played really good in part of the game, but it was too much up and down today,' said Pedersen after the match. The Danes were the bronze medalists at the 2012 London Olympics.
'We fought it all the way that we could in the third and it was almost enough, but we were too much behind. Sometimes it's like this, but right now it's hard to have this feeling because we were so close,' she added.
In contrast, Praveen and Debby were all smiles during a post-match conference. They said they were happy to have beaten the pair that they had never won against before.
'We tried to communicate more and be more patient,' Debby said.
Praveen/Debby were one of two Indonesian pairs to advance to the next stage. Two other pairs were stopped.
In the other winning match for Indonesia, there was no upset as world number three Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir outplayed their lower-rated opponents Chang Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying from Malaysia 21-8, 21-13.
Unfortunately, Edi Subaktiar/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and Riky Widianto/Richi Puspita Dili were unable to follow suit.
Edi/Gloria went down to South Korean Ko Sung-hyun/Kim Ha-na 21-15, 21-18 and Riky/Richi lost to China's world number four Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin 21-23, 22-20, 21-11.
In the men's doubles, two home pairs also got through. Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan were again forced to work hard in their dispatch of Japanese Kenta Kazuno/Kazushi Yamada. They won 21-16, 19-21, 21-15. They also had to play three games in the second round.
'We have met with good pairs,' said Hendra, responding to a question about their labor against the opponents. They will play England's Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge, who beat world number 10 pair Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding 17-21, 21-18, 21-19.
Angga Pratama/Ricky Karanda Suwardi booked their quarterfinal ticket over Japanese pair Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda with a 21-19, 21-17 win. They will next face another Japanese pair, world number six Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa, who beat Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira/Ade Yusuf of Indonesia 21-15, 21-14.
The biggest upset of the day was in the women's doubles event, where world number one pair Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi were stunned by unseeded Malaysian pair Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Soong Fie Cho 21-15, 12-21, 21-14.
In the women's singles, India's PV Sindhu joined the list of big spoilers. After a four-month hiatus due to injury, she came up stronger by defeating China's world number three Li Xuerui 21-17, 14-21, 21-17.
'I'm happy overall. I mean after the injury I'm getting back and beating a good player, so that's a really big deal,' Sindhu said.
The exit of Li may clear the way for world number one Carolina Marin to defend her world crown. The Spaniard defeated the unseeded Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei 21-11, 18-21, 21-17.
Lindaweni Fanetri, the only Indonesian women's singles player left in the contention, got through, helped by a bit of luck. Her opponent Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand had to abandon the match due to a foot injury while leading 8-5 in the third game. Intanon won the first game 26-24 and Lindaweni the second game 21-10.
In the men's competition, where Indonesian players have already fallen by the wayside, world number one Chen Long coasted to the quarterfinals, with a 21-12, 21-7 win against Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk.
