Ice-Cool Conquerors! – Day 4: BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2018
Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto must have ice in their veins!
· GAYLE ALLEYNE
Still honing their skills, the young Indonesians withstood an exacting shoot-out tonight versus World champions, Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan, to scrape into the Men’s Doubles semi-final of the BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2018.
Their hard-fought 21-18 18-21 25-23 triumph inside Istora Senayan ensured the badminton-crazy host nation will have a say in the men’s tandem showdown on Sunday as they will battle team-mates, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, for a place in the final. The latter had earlier won an equally riveting tug-of-war versus Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding: 20-22 22-20 21-18.
Indonesia also celebrated a Mixed Doubles finalist with defending champions, Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir, slated to clash with their heirs apparent, Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, tomorrow.