Australian Open: Choong/Go Oust Seeded Indonesians
One of the two big shocks at SATHIO GROUP Australian Open 2024 on Wednesday came in mixed doubles, with the takedown of fourth seeds Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.
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Their conquerors, world No.49s Choong Hon Jian/Go Pei Kee, won 24-26 21-17 21-14 thanks to an improved mind control.
“I’ve been guilty of overthinking on court so I was determined not to repeat the mistake. We hope to maintain this going forward,” said the 22-year-old Go after only their second win in six opening matches on the HSBC BWF World Tour this season. “We’ve had many first round losses. I’m happy we got through this time.”
Choong, 23, added: “We’ve lost leads before and sometimes we let that affect us in later matches. The negative thoughts start flooding in when we lose a couple of rallies but today we were able to stay steady. We did everything well, and executed our game plan.”