Only Winners Stay On
Home favourites Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti today tackle Hong Kong China's Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet head on in a battle that will qualify the victors to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2021 semifinals.
· DIANNE PIERRE
Jordan and Oktavianti have been inconsistent of late, but shook things up in mixed doubles Group B yesterday by defeating English pair Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith 21-16 21-13 in 33 minutes. They had lost their opening match to Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.
“It was really important to win,” said Oktavianti. “We lost our first match, we knew we had to fight more to win our next match.”
Another victory will ensure their first semifinal appearance at the Finals after exiting at the group stage in the past two editions.