Jakarta - Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto won the Men's Doubles Indonesia Masters 2022 category at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Senayan, on Sunday, June 12. They won decisively by beating Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang two straight games.
In the final match of Men's Doubles Indonesia Masters 2022, Fajar/Rian, who are the 7th World Rank Men's doubles, won 21-10, 21-17 over Liang/Wang. The Indonesian Men's Doubles pair won quickly, with only 36 minutes to complete the match. where the first set only takes 12 minutes and 24 minutes for the second set.
Fajar/Rian immediately put pressure on China's new mainstay pair at the beginning of the first game by scoring 2 points first. But Liang/Wang reversed the fight by narrowing the gap to 2-1. At the beginning of the game, there was intense competition between the two pairs until it reached 4-3, Fajar/Rian started to dominate the game by attacking aggressively and managed to get an 11-3 advantage after getting 7 consecutive points.
After the interval in the first set, FajRi, which is their nickname, continued to try to dominate their opponent by getting points back to 14. When they reached 14, Fajar/Rian got under pressure, and the game was dominated by the opponent. Liang/Wang made up for the shortfall in away points by narrowing the point gap to 14-7.
Fajar/Rian again led the game by getting points to make it 18-8. It didn't stop there, FajRi tried to win the first game by increasing the intensity of his attacks and managed to win the first game with a score advantage of 21-10.
Not wanting to lose badly, Liang/Wang played very aggressively at the beginning of the second game. However, several attacks from China's new men's doubles mainstay were able to be resisted with a very good defensive game from Fajar/Rian. As evidenced by their good defensive game, Fajar/Rian managed to lead the second game with a score of 5-2 through Rian Ardianto's duel drive victory with Wang Chang.
By 3 points behind at the start of the second game, Liang/Wang came back with a very good attacking and defensive game that made the new Chinese mainstay able to turn things around to 8-6. Wang added the lead to 10-9 after winning the net drive duel with Fajar. And Liang delivered a powerful smash that gave the pair the lead in the second set interval.
After the break, Liang/Wang continued their attack and managed to take the lead with a score of 14-11. Not wanting the points to be too far behind, Fajar / Rian got up and continued to hunt for points one by one and managed to narrow the gap to a 14-14 draw. With an absolute defense that was hard to break, FajRi managed to win a very fierce rally and drive and turn things around to 15-14.
After turning ahead, Fajar/Rian gained momentum and scored 7 consecutive points, leading the game with an 18-14 advantage. And by taking advantage of the momentum, Fajri continued to dominate the game with excellent attacking and defensive play, and was able to make Liang/Wang make mistakes of their own. Fajar/Rian finally won 21-17 after Rian's excellent return by placing the ball behind the two Chinese players.
Fajar/Rian won the Men's Doubles Indonesia Masters 2022.
