Indonesia Open: Daddy in No Hurry to Leave
On a second straight day of setbacks for Indonesia’s men’s singles – with Jonatan Christie falling – there was Hendra Setiawan, Mr Longevity himself, making his way into the second round of his 24th consecutive…
· DEV SUKUMAR
On a second straight day of setbacks for Indonesia’s men’s singles – with Jonatan Christie falling – there was Hendra Setiawan, Mr Longevity himself, making his way into the second round of his 24th consecutive Indonesia Open.
The 39-year-old Setiawan and his 36-year-old partner Mohammad Ahsan were comfortable winners over Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren after falling behind in the opening game; the calm they exuded contrasted somewhat with the frenetic nature of Christie’s loss, where the third seed looked a mess as he made a series of wild errors in going down to Leong Jun Hao.
For Leong it was a dream second week on the trot, for he had beaten Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in Singapore, and he managed to stay on the task after Christie overhauled a sizeable lead that would have given the Malaysian a straight-games win. But in the third he never relinquished the lead he’d set.