Tommy Sugiharto became the first Indonesian representative to advance to the semi-finals

KUALA LUMPUR, KOMPAS.com – Pebulu Tangkis' men, Tommy Sugiarto, managed to become the first Indonesian representative to win the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open 2018.

Previously, two Indonesian quarter-final representatives, namely Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

In a match that took place at the Axiata Arena, Malaysia, on Friday (29/06/2018), Tommy Sugiarto played against Shi Yuqi. Read also: Follow-up during the GP Catalunya, now Renaissance Valentino Rossi Vengeance to Marc Marquez

Tommy Sugiarto managed to thwart the resistance of the world's third-ranked men through rubber games 13-21 21 -13 21-13.

In the first match, Shi Yuqi managed to steal Tommy Sugiarto's first point

Even the Chinese singles managed to keep the points higher than the Indonesian representatives.

Shi Yuqi made the first rval in the first game with an 11-7 advantage over Tommy Sugiarto

After the break, the badminton player who had just won the All England tournament managed to widen the points margin to 14-7.

A point, Tommy Sugiarto later Tommy managed to get up with four consecutive points to reduce to 12-18.

However, Shi Yuqi won the first match after winning 21-13 over Tommy Sugiarto.

Tommy Sugiarto attempted to bounce back in the second game and had a 4-1 lead early in the game.

Shi Yuqi then managed to continue Tommy Sugiarto's lead to turn 7-6.

But Tommy Sugiarto managed to close the first interval of the second part with an 11-9 advantage over Shi Yuqi

After the break, Tommy Sugiarto was able to widen the points margin of Shi Yuqi at 14-9.

Victory 21-13 in the second match (19659002) Tommy Sugiarto managed to figure well in the decisive match and to lead 4-1

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Even Tommy Sugiarto was able to finish the first interval in the third match with an advantage of 11-8

After the break, Tommy Sugiarto was still able to perform well to widen the margin points at 16-10.

Tommy Sugiarto finally managed to secure victory over the world number three after winning 21-13 in the game of determination. (Samsul Ngarifin)