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Putting it briefly: Indonesia's sights set on two titles
Indonesia has the chance to win two titles after Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir and Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari managed to advance to the final of the Korea Open badminton championship on Saturday
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ndonesia has the chance to win two titles after Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir and Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari managed to advance to the final of the Korea Open badminton championship on Saturday.
Tontowi/Liliyana eased past Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock of England 21-9, 21-15 in the mixed doubles semifinals and will face top seeds Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei of China. Women's doubles pair Greysia/Nitya were rewarded with a final match against Chang Ye-na/Lee So-hee of South Korea after they overcame Chinese Luo Ying/Luo Yu 21-18, 17-21, 21-13.
Their advance to Sunday's matches is an improvement from the Japan Open last week when they were stopped in the quarterfinals.
'Tomorrow we must be more focused. We have lost in the past several meetings with them. They are difficult to beat,' Tontowi said according to a release by the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI). The Indonesians have suffered six defeats on the trot against their opponents. 'We'll try again tomorrow,' Tontowi said.
The other three final matches will pit Chen Long (China) against Ajay Jayaram (India) in the men's singles, Sung Ji-hyun (Korea) against Wang Yihan (China) in the women's singles and Lee Yong-dae/Yoo Yeon-seong (Korea) against Kim Gi-jung/Kim Sa-rang (Korea) in the men's doubles.
