Indonesia Open: ‘There Can Only Be One Winner’
The first shock result of the SimInvest Indonesia Open 2021 saw the ousting of No.7 seeds Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue, who fell to young Indonesians Adnan Maulana/Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso 21-17 21-17 today.
· DIANNE PIERRE
The loss rules the YONEX Swiss Open 2021 champions out of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2021. To qualify for the season-ender, the world No.11 pair would have needed to go further into the tournament.
“We knew it was going to be difficult to get into the World Tour Finals. We knew we had to make the finals here,” said a disappointed Gicquel. “There can only be one winner. We didn’t play how we wanted to.”
The French pair got things off to a great start, with a healthy 7-2 lead in the opener, but the Indonesian duo stepped on the gas to fight back and turn the tide.