Indonesian Athletes' Schedule at the Olympics on July 27, 2021, Men's Doubles Badminton Fighting Again

Kapanlagi.com - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is still ongoing. Our sports heroes are still striving to give their best for Indonesia, including in the favorite badminton branch.

The badminton team's struggle went smoothly in the group phase of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Yesterday (26/07), Indosiar continued to broadcast LIVE all the badminton matches represented by Indonesia.The Men's Doubles pair "The Minions", Kevin Sanjaya / Marcus Gideon easily won against the Indian pair Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. Kevin / Marcus won 2 games at once with scores of 21-13 and 21-12.

The same goes for the other Indonesian Men's Doubles pair, Hendra Setiawan / Mohammad Ahsan, who achieved victory against the Malaysian pair Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik.In this second match, Hendra / Ahsan were made difficult by the Malaysian pair, resulting in a very close and exciting fight with scores of 21-16 in the first game and 21-19 in the second game.

Another victory was also felt by the Indonesian Women's Doubles pair Greysia Polly / Apriyani Rahayu, who fought against Chloe Brich / Lauren Smith from England.On the other hand, the pair Praveen Jordan / Melati Oktavianti had to admit defeat against the Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino, who are the host country representatives. However, the Indonesian Mixed Doubles still have a chance to advance to the next round.

1. Badminton Match Schedule

The 3rd match from the Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles sectors of Indonesia will take place today, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, which will be broadcasted LIVE by Indosiar starting at 08.00 AM. The Indonesian Women's Doubles pair, Greysia Polly / Apriyani Rahayu, will compete against the world's best Women's Doubles pair from Japan, Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota.

The Men's Doubles sector will also take place on the same day. The pair Kevin Sanjaya / Marcus Gideon will face the pair from Taiwan, Lee Yang / Wang Chi Lin. This time, "The Minions" match is guaranteed to be intense as they will face the 3rd best pair in the world, even though Kevin / Marcus have won the previous three meetings.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Men's Doubles pair, Hendra Setiawan / Mohammad Ahsan, is ready to compete against the pair from South Korea, Choi Sol Gyu / Seo Seung Jae. The South Korean pair will also be a tough opponent for Hendra / Ahsan in the group stage as they have only won one match out of four meetings, which was in the BWF World Tour Final 2020. Indonesia certainly hopes that the Indonesian Badminton Contingent will raise the Indonesian flag and sing the Indonesian National Anthem at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

2. Other Schedules!

Indosiar will also broadcast matches from the Women's Volleyball branch on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 23:30 WIB between China and the United States. Continuing into the early morning at 01:30 WIB, there will be a broadcast of Women's Beach Volleyball starting with a match between the United States and Spain, followed by a match between Canada and Argentina at 02:30 WIB and Brazil against China at 03:30 WIB. Indosiar also broadcasts matches from the Surfing branch which is participated by Indonesian representative athlete, Rio Waida, who has not been able to pass round 3 heat 1 and has to stop his journey in the Round of 16 of the Shortboard Class. The same goes for the Men's Archery Team branch which was also broadcasted by Indosiar yesterday (26/07), Indonesia was represented by Arif Dwi Pangestu, Alviyanto Bagas Prastiyadi, and Riau Ega Agatha, who also had to stop in the Round of 16 of the Archery branch. As of Monday, July 26, 2021, Indonesia has won two medals, one silver and one bronze. Watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through terrestrial TV INDOSIAR and O Channel, over the top (OTT) services both free and paid via VIDIO on 12 additional Olympic channels Champions TV, as well as Champions TV 1, 2, and 3 channels, from July 23 to August 8, 2021! Ganbatte Indonesia!

(kpl/pit)