Winning since the beginning of the first game, Greysia/Apriyani performed exceptionally, against the world's second seed at the Tokyo Olympics, and won Indonesia's first gold medal in women's doubles.
Greysia/Apriyani's defense and front ball game successfully brought the Indonesian women's doubles to a 4-1 lead at the beginning of the first game. Greysia/Apriyani then managed to get away 7-3 thanks to clever ball observations, after China's double strokes left the field, and several sharp smashes that the Chinese pair couldn't return. Greysia/Apri's success became a new history for Indonesian badminton.
Greysia/Apri is the first Indonesian badminton women's doubles to successfully present a gold medal for their homeland.
Not only that, the gold from Greysia/Apri's sweat became the first for Indonesia. Greysia/Apri's win over Chen/Jia became the fifth of their total 10 meetings. Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu was only created at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They became the first women's doubles pair to present a gold medal for Indonesia at the Olympics! As is known, Indonesia has never sent a representative from the women's doubles to the round since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The best achievements in this number were obtained by Eliza Nathanael/Zelin Resiana at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. reach the quarter-finals.
This means that Greys/Apri became the best after the previous seven editions of the Olympics. They brought their hopes of women's doubles to compete at the world level after previously relying more on the men's and mixed doubles. Up to the peak of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, they managed to beat the women's doubles from China, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in two straight games 21-22. 19 and 21-15. The gold medal they got was also the first for Indonesia in this event.
Greys and Apri have an age difference of 10 years where this year's Greys is 32 years old while Apri is 23 years old. They also got the trust of a pair in 2017.
Prior to that, Greysia was paired with Meiliana Jauhari in 2010. During the three years of pairing, they have recorded achievements including qualifying for the first time at the 2012 London Olympics.
After that, Greysia started pairing with Nitya and also recorded achievements at the 2014 Asian Games. They also felt the Olympic atmosphere for the second time at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Meanwhile for Apriyani, when she was 16 years old in 2014, they were paired with Rosyita Eka Putri. After that, the woman born in Konawe Regency played for mixed doubles in 2015 paired with Fachriza Abhimanyu. Greys/Apri became a surprise couple by winning the 2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold. They defeated the hosts in 45 minutes.
They again got a surprise by winning the French Open Super Series 2017. Then they managed to get runner-up in the Hong Kong Open Super Series 2017. After that, Greys and Apriyani still had many achievements until their peak this year (2021) they started the season with the winner of the Thailand Open 2021. Until finally, they debuted at the Olympic level in Tokyo 2020.
Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu became the first Indonesian representatives to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. For these achievements, a series of bonuses of course awaits this badminton women's doubles pair. 2/8/2021) at Musashino Forest Sport, Tokyo. Greysia/Apriyani were able to beat the Chinese pair, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, in straight sets 21-19 and 21-15. This result also became the first gold medal for Indonesia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Indonesia has also managed to collect a total of four medals with details one gold, one silver, and two bronze, and was ranked 34th in the standings.
It didn't stop there, this achievement also made history for the Indonesian women's doubles sector while competing in the Olympics. This is the first gold in history since the Olympics were first inaugurated in Barcelona in 1992. Greysia/Apriyani's struggle will certainly be given the highest appreciation in the form of a waiting bonus. First, the bonus must come from the government of the Republic of Indonesia.
As is known, the government through the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora RI) has prepared bonuses for medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The details are IDR 5 billion for gold medalists, IDR 2 billion for silver medals, and bronze medals. and a Bronze medal of IDR 1 billion,
while Indonesian Men's Singles player Anthony Sinisuka Ginting closed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on a sweet note. He won the bronze medal after defeating Kevin Cordon of Guatemala, with a score of 21-11, 21-13 in 38 minutes.
Anthony's victory was predictable, considering that on paper he was much more favored to win. Anthony is ranked fifth in the world, while Cordon is ranked 59 in the world
However, Cordon made a big surprise by getting to the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He beat all the players who were ranked higher than him. In the round of 16, Cordon defeated the Dutch player, Mark Caljouw, who is the world's 29th ranked player.
Cordon's surprise continued, he defeated the Korean representative, Heo Kwanghee in the quarter-final match. Until finally he was stopped by Viktor Axelsen from Denmark.