Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu drove to the quarterfinals of Badminton World Championships 2018. Meanwhile, Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto had to lift the suitcase.
Playing a big 16th round match at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center on
Thursday (2/8/2018), Greysia / Apriyani won two straight games over Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean with a score of 21-18, 21-13.
Greysia / Apriyani had a fierce resistance from the Malaysian pair in the first game. But the pair who placed as the fifth seed was able to overcome Chow / Lee with more comfortable in the second game.
In the quarterfinals, Greysia / Apriyani has been awaited first seed, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan. Head to head, Greysia / Apriyani is 1-2 down from the Chinese pair.
From the men's doubles number, Indonesia must lose one of its representatives. Fajar / Rian was unable to stem the fifth seed, Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda.
Started the first game well, Fajar / Rian finally lost. They must recognize the superiority of the Japanese couple with a score of 17-21, 16-21.