Ana/Tiwi as Indonesian Women's Doubles Won 2024 Australian Open
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Australia – Indonesian women's doubles pair Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi or known as Ana/Tiwi admitted that they were increasingly motivated to perform better after won the 2024 Australian Open.
It was the BWF World Tour title as well as the first BWF Super 500 tournament title for Ana/Tiwi so far.
"Obviously, I felt grateful for the first title in the Super 500 level tournament. This success increases my confidence and becomes motivation for the future. I felt touched and happy," said Tiwi, as quoted from a PP PBRI statement, Sunday (June 16).
Meanwhile Ana added, "I felt grateful and happy too because we can win the Super 500 level title for the first time. This success can increase our confidence for the future,"
Ganda putri Indonesia, Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi
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The Ana/Tiwi pair won the 2024 Australian Open title after winning a rubber game match over Malaysian representatives Lai Pei Jing/Lim Chiew Sien in the final match with a score of 12-21, 21-7, 21-13.
Regarding the match, the pair who came down as the second seed in the tournament admitted that they were not playing tactically enough in the first game.
Ana/Tiwi said that in the first game, they were too eager to attack and had many inaccurate ball throws, and instead backfired on themselves.
"In the first game we had not found the game pattern we wanted. We were also too hasty in wanting to attack. In the second and third games we got the game pattern. So we could play better and win," Ana remarked.
"In the second and third games we tried to change the game pattern and thank God everything went well," Tiwi continued.
Moreover, Indonesia won one title and two runner-up titles at the 2024 Australian Open. Women's singles Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo as the runner-up title after losing to second seed Aya Ohori from Japan through a tight rubber game 21-17, 19-21, 16-21 in the final round.
Then the men's doubles Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan came out as runners-up after the first seeded pair from China He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu in the final round through two straight games with the score of 11-21, 10-21.
