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“The Indonesian team appointed Hendra Setiawan as captain in the 2021 Sudirman Cup,” wrote Badminton Indonesia’s official Instagram account.
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This biennial event enters the latest edition which will be held in the city of Vantaa, Finland. Indonesian Team has appointed 20 names of representatives to take part in the mixed team world championship.
From these names, Indonesia divided them into 11 male players and nine female players. They will appear all-out in the five sectors that are contested.
Starting from women’s singles, there are mainstay names Gregoria Mariska Tunjung . He will be backed up by the presence of Putri Kusuma Wardani and Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo. While in the men’s singles there are Jonatan Christie, Anthony Ginting and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.
Then in the women’s doubles there is the name of the gold medal winner Tokyo 2020 Olympics , Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu. They will be overlaid by the young couple Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti/Ribka Sugiarto.
There is also a mixed doubles Indonesia which also fielded two pairs. They are Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti and Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.
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Meanwhile, Hendra Setiawan will again appear with his tandem Mohammad Ahsan in the men’s doubles number. They will cover Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.
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