Indonesia Open: Daddies Succumb; Ginting Advances
Pramudya Kusumawardana has been in quarterfinals before, but this time it was different, and he was shaking even after he’d come off court. Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan had beaten Mohammad…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Pramudya Kusumawardana has been in quarterfinals before, but this time it was different, and he was shaking even after he’d come off court. Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan had beaten Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan for their first win over the Daddies in five matches.
To do it at the Istora, where the Daddies are the reigning deities, required Kusumawardana and Rambitan to walk a tightrope at the end. The crowd was a-flutter after Ahsan and Setiawan had saved two match points. The momentum was all theirs.
“They were 4-0 over us and that was affecting our confidence,” said Kusumawardana. “It’s awesome to win against them. It was so close at the end, and we tried to stay calm. The crowd was behind them, but we weren’t uncomfortable with that. Last year also we were in the quarterfinals, so I think we can do better.”