Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. There are five matches in every round: men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The Cup is named after Dick Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player and the founder of the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI). The first Sudirman Cup tournament took place in Jakarta on May 1989. Indonesia is the first country that get Sudirman Cup after beating South Korea 3-2. the other countries who ever get Sudirman Cup is Korea (3 times) and China (6 times). On June 2007 defending champion China got their seventh Sudirman Cup at Glasgow, Scotland. It is a sad end of a dream to bring the trophy back home to Indonesia. As predicted, women's single Ardianti Firdasari bowed to Chinese top player Zhang Ning 16-21, 9-21, which forced Indonesia to lose 0-3 to China. Indonesia was earlier down 0-2 after men’s doubles Candra Wijaya and Markis Kido bowed down to world champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21-11, 21-13. “They played extra ordinary… it’s crazy,” said old hand Candra, who was called back to the national squad to boost the team’s morale. “We are new partner and we are lack of preparation. “Although I’m very sad with the result but getting into the final is already an achievement for Indonesia,” said Candra, who had hoped Glasgow bring him luck as he won the world champion title with old parter Sigit Budiarto a decade ago at the city. Coach Sigit Pamungkas said his players could not recover their stamina after were forced to play the decisive match against England in the Earlier, Indonesia’s mixed doubles pair Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa fell short in overcoming Chinese Zheng Bo and Gao Ling in the opening match of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship final in Glasgow on Sunday. Flandy and Vita led the first game 21-19 but lost the second and third 17-21, 19-21 in one hour and 9 minutes. “It was a matter of luck. Today is not our day,” coach Richard Mainaky said. “They played very well. It was a close match.” Richard said that the pair had been plotted to face the Chinese since they were in Jakarta. Meanwhile, Gao Ling said that it was the first time ever she played with Zheng Bo in facing the Indonesians. “We have an equal chance. It was alright to lose the first game because we still had the chance to win the second and third games,” she said. The Jakarta Post wrote “Indonesia bows out to China in Sudirman Cup final” the Top Skor daily said “Indonesia Runner Up Again”.
BERITA di atas kutipan dari Xinhua dan The Jakarta Post, serta Wikipedia. Indonesia lagi-lagi kalah di final beregu campuran dunia. Tujuh kali ke final Sudirman dan enam kali menjadi runner up. Pertanyaannya: tragiskah nasib Indonesia kali ini? Menurut aku kita mustinya malah bersyukur. Di Glasgow ini Indonesia menduduki unggulan kelima –di bawah RRC, Denmark, Malaysia, dan Korea. So merekalah yang diprediksikan melaju ke semifinal. Indonesia pertama main dan kalah 2-3 waktu lawan Korea orang sudah mulai memperkirakan Ina bakal ‘habis’. Tetapi besoknya dengan heroik mengandaskan Denmark dan kemudian Hong Kong dengan 4-1. Di semifinal tertinggal 0-2 dari Inggris sebelum menang 3-2 melalui Taufik Hidayat, Greysia Polii/ Vita Marisa, dan Markis Kido/ Candra. Kekalahan terhadap China terutama diakibatkan lemahnya sektor putri (terutama tunggal) dan ganda putra. Keperkasaan putri China diibaratkan oleh manajernya –mantan pemain ganda putra Li Yongbo yang bersama Tian Bingyi tahun 1986 memupuskan harapan Liem Swie King/ Bobby Ertanto dan impian Indonesia untuk mempertahankan Thomas- mengatakan bahwa Tiongkok bahkan mampu membuat 2 tim Uber made in China dan saling bertemu di final. Busyet dah. So kekalahan Indonesia di Final sudirman tidaklah perlu diratapi, mestinya disyukur karena maju semifinal aja udah di luar dugaan. Mending kita menatap 2009 pertandingan Piala Sudirman di Guangzhou, daratan Tiongkok. Mungkin lebih indah kita menatap tahun 2009, karena dari segi tahun 2009 adalah tepat 20 tahun Indonesia merebut piala Sudirman pertama kali tahun 1989. kemudian kota Guangzhaou menorehkan sejarah manis ketika tahun 2002 tim Thomas Indonesia mempertahankan piala Thomas dengan mengalahkan Malaysia 3-2. Tatap ke depan, look and move forward!
BERITA di atas kutipan dari Xinhua dan The Jakarta Post, serta Wikipedia. Indonesia lagi-lagi kalah di final beregu campuran dunia. Tujuh kali ke final Sudirman dan enam kali menjadi runner up. Pertanyaannya: tragiskah nasib Indonesia kali ini? Menurut aku kita mustinya malah bersyukur. Di Glasgow ini Indonesia menduduki unggulan kelima –di bawah RRC, Denmark, Malaysia, dan Korea. So merekalah yang diprediksikan melaju ke semifinal. Indonesia pertama main dan kalah 2-3 waktu lawan Korea orang sudah mulai memperkirakan Ina bakal ‘habis’. Tetapi besoknya dengan heroik mengandaskan Denmark dan kemudian Hong Kong dengan 4-1. Di semifinal tertinggal 0-2 dari Inggris sebelum menang 3-2 melalui Taufik Hidayat, Greysia Polii/ Vita Marisa, dan Markis Kido/ Candra. Kekalahan terhadap China terutama diakibatkan lemahnya sektor putri (terutama tunggal) dan ganda putra. Keperkasaan putri China diibaratkan oleh manajernya –mantan pemain ganda putra Li Yongbo yang bersama Tian Bingyi tahun 1986 memupuskan harapan Liem Swie King/ Bobby Ertanto dan impian Indonesia untuk mempertahankan Thomas- mengatakan bahwa Tiongkok bahkan mampu membuat 2 tim Uber made in China dan saling bertemu di final. Busyet dah. So kekalahan Indonesia di Final sudirman tidaklah perlu diratapi, mestinya disyukur karena maju semifinal aja udah di luar dugaan. Mending kita menatap 2009 pertandingan Piala Sudirman di Guangzhou, daratan Tiongkok. Mungkin lebih indah kita menatap tahun 2009, karena dari segi tahun 2009 adalah tepat 20 tahun Indonesia merebut piala Sudirman pertama kali tahun 1989. kemudian kota Guangzhaou menorehkan sejarah manis ketika tahun 2002 tim Thomas Indonesia mempertahankan piala Thomas dengan mengalahkan Malaysia 3-2. Tatap ke depan, look and move forward!
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