Two Indonesian Mixed Doubles Pair, Hafiz Faizal/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari have to face an unfortunate drawing result, where both pairs have to face each other on the first round of Blibli Indonesia Open 2019 BWF World Tour Super 1000, in the coming July. Through this “Civil War”, it is certain that at least one Indonesian Mixed Doubles pair will leave the competition early.

Wiranto, the chairman of PP PBSI claims that Blibli Indonesia Open 2019 BWF World Tour Super 1000 is a great challenge that has to be faced by both local and international badminton players before heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Since the result from this tournament will be counted for Olympics point calculation, consequently there is a growing enthusiasm and focus from the world badminton players for this year’s tournament. Furthermore, the total reward of USD 1.250.000 also encourages the...

Many believe that Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana are cursed in Istora as they never win any Indonesia Open titles when the tournament is held in Istora Senayan Jakarta. However, Tontowi/Liliyana managed to tackle that belief as they finally break “The Curse of Istora” by winning the Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 that has just ended earlier on Sunday (8/7).

A ticket to the final match of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 has been secured by the Indonesian mixed doubles pair, Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir. The champion of Indonesia Open 2017 made it to the final round after beating their junior, Hafiz Faizal/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja through a two-set match within the course of 30 minutes in a semifinal match which was held earlier today, Saturday (7/7) in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

The round of 8 of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 has been started since 12.00 PM today, where the a match between Tontowi/Liliyana and Zhang Nan/Li Yunhui started today’s tournament on field No. 1.

Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir managed to secure the ticket to the second round of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 HSBC World Tour Super 1000. The pair went past the Malaysian pair, Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing comfortably during the match that was held earlier, on Tuesday (3/7).

It is still fresh from our memory when we last witness the joy of Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir winning their BCA Indonesia Open 2017 title. The title was their first Indonesia Open title after failing seven times on the last few occasions.