tirto.id - Pada babak kedua India Open 2018, sejumlah wakil Indonesia berhasil lolos ke babak perempat final, Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan. Pasanga ganda putra ini mengalahkan unggulan ketiga, Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han (Taiwan), dengan dua game langsung, 21-15, 21-10.
Di babak perempat final, Hendra/Ahsan akan bertemu dengan wakil Cina, Chai Biao/Wang Zekang. Kedua pasangan belum pernah saling berhadapan, Hendra/Ahsan mengatakan bahwa mereka akan mencoba untuk tetap bermain di pola mereka dan tidak terbawa pola permainan lawan.
“Kami harus menerapkan pola permainan kami dan harus siap terus dari awal,” ucap Ahsan, seperti dilansir dari laman.
Kemenangan Hendra/Ahsan disusul oleh Angga Pratama/Rian Agung Saputro. Dalam dua game langsung, Angga/Rian mengalahkan Chung Kang Shia/Tan Wee Gieen (Malaysia), dengan skor 22-20, 21-17.
Sebelumnya pasangan Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon sudah berhasil ke perempat final dengan mengalahkan Tinn Isriyanet/Kittisak Namdash (Thailand), 21-18, 28-26.
Berikut adalah jadwal lengkap perempat final India Open 2018 yang dilansir laman Badmintonindonesia.org:
Order of play of Friday, February 2, 2018
| Time | Draw | | Score | Duration |
| Main Location - 1 |
|---|
| 1. | Starting at 2:00 PM | MD | | - | | Kim Astrup [4] | | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| | |
| 2. | Followed by | WD | | Kamilla Rytter Juhl [1] | | | Christinna Pedersen | |
| - | | Kittipak Dubthuk [8] | | Natcha Saengchote |
| | |
| 3. | Followed by | MD | | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon [1] | | | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | |
| - | | Manu Attri | | Reddy B. Sumeeth |
| | |
| 4. | Followed by | MS | | - | | | |
| 5. | Followed by | WS | | - | | | |
| 6. | Followed by | MS | | - | | | |
| 7. | Followed by | XD | | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | | | Ashwini Ponnappa | |
| - | | Mathias Christiansen [5] | | Christinna Pedersen |
| | |
| 8. | Followed by | WS | | - | | | |
| Main Location - 2 |
|---|
| 1. | Starting at 2:05 PM | WD | | Ashwini Ponnappa [6] | | | Reddy N. Sikki | |
| - | | | |
| 2. | Followed by | WD | | Jakkampudi Meghana [7] | | | Poorvisha S Ram | |
| - | | Jongkolphan Kititharakul [2] | | Rawinda Prajongjai |
| | |
| 3. | Followed by | MS | | - | | | |
| 4. | Followed by | XD | | Praveen Jordan | | | Melati Daeva Oktavianti | |
| - | | Evgenij Dremin | | Evgenia Dimova |
| | |
| 5. | Followed by | MD | | Mohammad Ahsan | | | Hendra Setiawan | |
| - | | | |
| 6. | Followed by | XD | | - | | Pranaav Jerry Chopra [8] | | Reddy N. Sikki |
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| Main Location - 3 |
|---|
| 1. | Starting at 2:05 PM | MD | | Angga Pratama [7] | | | Rian Agung Saputro | |
| - | | | |
| 2. | Followed by | MS | | - | | | |
| 3. | Followed by | WD | | Greysia Polii [3] | | | Apriyani Rahayu | |
| - | | Della Destiara Haris [5] | | Rizki Amelia Pradipta |
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| 4. | Followed by | WS | | - | | | |
| 5. | Followed by | WS | | - | | | |
| 6. | Followed by | XD | | - | | Goh Soon Huat [4] | | Shevon Jemie Lai |
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