Indonesian women’s doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti won the Super 500 level badminton tournament, Singapore Open 2022. The success of Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in winning the Singapore Open 2022 title also made former Indonesian badminton player Greysia proud. Polii feel at ease in retirement.
Apriyani/Fadia won the Singapore Open 2022 after winning two straight games in the top match against China’s women’s doubles, Zhang Shu Xian/Zheng Yu. The final of the Singapore Open 2022 between Apriyani/Fadia and Zhang/Zheng took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday (17/7/2022) night. Apriyani/Fadia won the match with a score of 21-14 and 21-17 in a duration of 39 minutes.
They recorded the second fastest winning time in the Singapore Open 2022 final series. The fastest winning time in the Singapore Open 2022 final series was recorded by Thailand’s best mixed doubles, namely Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai. Dechapol/Sapsiree ensured victory in the final of the Singapore Open 2022 in 37 minutes or two minutes faster than Apriyani/Fadia.
Before reaching the final and ensuring the title, Apriyani/Fadia were only forced to play until the rubber game, namely when they met Supissara Paewsampran/Puttita Supajirakul (Thailand) in the semifinals. The rest, they were able to win two straight games over competitors at the Singapore Open 2022.
Apriyani/Fadia recorded their debut as a pair in the women’s doubles sector at the Vietnam SEA Games, last May. Since then, they have won one SEA Games gold medal and two titles at the BWF World Tour tournaments (Malaysia Open 2022 and Singapore Open 2022).
This history of achievement is quite impressive for Apriyani/Fadia, who just made their debut in May 2022. They have a promising capital to become one of the best women’s doubles in the world. Currently, Apriyani/Fadia, with their achievements, are able to give peace to Greysia Polii who has decided to retire as a professional badminton player. This can be seen from the statement that Greysia Polii uploaded on her personal Instagram account after Apriyani/Fadia won the Singapore Open 2022, Sunday (17/7/2022).
Through this statement, Greysia Polii showed her belief that her decision to retire as a professional badminton player was the right decision. Greysia Polii assessed that Apriyani/Fadia were ready to compete at the highest level in the world.
“Through Apri and Fadia, I feel that the choice I made to decide to quit as a professional athlete was the right one and the right fit,” wrote Greysia Polii. “When I have reached the maximum age limit as a professional female athlete (biologically yes), there is the next generation that we have prepared long before today and it turns out that they are very ready mentally as well as playing at the world women’s doubles level,” he added.
After that, Greysia Polii talked about sincerity in a career. She believes this attitude will lead to success. “Through this fact, I believe that when we focus on giving the best we can, sincere as it is, honest can be trusted, without thinking about any profit, we will be trusted with other big things in the future,” wrote Greysia Polii.
Before deciding to retire, Greysia Polii last had a career in the women’s doubles sector with Apriyani Rahayu. Together with Apriyani, Greysia Polii was able to achieve the achievement that the world badminton players coveted, namely the Olympic gold medal. The Olympic gold medal score was later written in the history book of Indonesian badminton, while Greysia Polii, who was one of the actors behind this achievement, is now retiring quietly thanks to the impressive performances of Apriyani/Fadia.
