Jakarta – Esther Nurumi Tri Vardoyo caused a surprise at the Indonesia Open 2024 tournament. The woman from Jayapura, Papua, entered the round of 32 and managed to win convincingly against the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara.
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Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo competed on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the first field in Istora Senaiyan, Jakarta. She forced Nozomi Okuhara to submit in two straight games, 21-17, 21-16.
On paper, Esther is not the favorite. Because she is ranked 35th, while her opponent is ranked 16th, but this 18-year-old managed to pull off a surprise.
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Esther admitted that facing Nozomi was not easy. They will have to play with more patience, because the opponent has a solid defensive game.
“Nozomi is not a player who can be killed easily. He is a solid player, so Saiua also needs to defend more,” Esther said during the post-match meeting.
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There was a time in the second game where Ester was trailing Nozomi 5-10. According to him, this occurred due to lack of adaptation to the field.
He said: “Thank God, I adapted quickly and started again with my opponent. Then Nozomi’s game disappeared and that confused me.”
Esther admits that playing in 1,000 level tournaments and in her home country provides her with personal motivation. Because this is the time for her to demonstrate her skills against the best badminton players in the world.
“Of course I’m nervous, but there’s also excitement about playing with Nozomi and that’s my motivation. We played in Indonesia, I want to do the best I can,” Esther said.
“My goal in this race is not to think about the results, the important thing is that I can only give my best performance,” he stated.
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He said: “Thank God, I adapted quickly and started again with my opponent. Then Nozomi’s game disappeared and that confused me.”
2024-06-04 07:43:39
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