Multiple ASEAN Para Games gold medalist Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli is in line for an unprecedented three titles at the Indonesian Para Badminton Championships in Solo.
Ikhwan has qualified for the finals of the WH1 men’s singles and doubles as well as the mixed doubles.
In the WH1 singles, Ikhwan qualified for the finals after defeating Yu-yu Ong of Chinese Taipei 21-11, 21-9. He will take on third seeded Shashank Kumar of India in the final.
The top seed Ikhwan will fancy his chances as he had beaten his final rival twice before, although both victories came two years ago at the Thailand Bahrain Para Badminton Championships.
He and partner Noor Azwan Noorlan stormed into the WH1-WH2 doubles final with a comprehensive 21-16, 21-6 defeat of Indonesia’s Supriadi-Agung Widodo.
They will play Indian second seeds Prem Kumar Ale-Abu Hubaida for the title.
Like in the singles, Ikhwan will also be in good stead to bag his second crown of the day. He and Noor Azwan hold a 3-2 career record against the Indians. Ikwan-Azwan have in fact beaten Prem-Abu in the last three meetings, including at the Spanish Para Badminton International March.
Ikhwan will partner Peru’s Pilar Jauregui in the WH1-WH2 mixed doubles final, after the duo defeated second seeds Shashank Kumar-Ammu Mohan 21-12, 21-12.
The scratch duo will take on top ranked Prem Kumar Ale-Alphia James of India in the final. On paper it may look an uphill task, but Ikhwan-Pilar had beaten the same Indian pair 21-13, 21-13 in the group matches two days ago.
If Ikhwan gets to live up to expectation, he will be n of the rare players to have won three titles at a single para badminton competition.
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
MEN’S
SL3 singles: Daniel Bethel (Eng) bt Muh Al Imran (Ina) 13-21, 21-18, 21-16; Kumar Nitesh (Ind) bt Oleksandr Chyrkov (Ukr) 21-19, 21-12
SL4 singles: Lucas Mazur (Fra) bt Abhijeet Sakhuja (Ind) 21-13, 21-10; [2] Naveen Sivakumar (Ind) bt Hikmat Ramdani (Ina) 22-20, 21-12
SH6 singles: Sivarajan Solaimalai (Ind) bt Subhan (Ina) 20-22, 22-20, 21-18; Natthapong Meechai (Tha) bt Krishna Nagar (Ind) 21-14, 16-21, 21-10
SU5 singles: [2] Meril Loquette (Fra) bt Robert Donald (Eng) 21-19, 15-21, 22-20; [1] Cheah Like Hou (Mas) bt Fang Jen-yu (Tpe) 21-11, 21-12
WH1 singles: [3] Shashank Kumar (Ind) bt Jakarin Homhual (Tha) 21-9, 16-21, 23-21; [1] Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli (Mas) bt Yu-yu Ong (Tpe) 21-11, 21-9
WH2 singles: [1] Rick Cornell Hellman (Ger) bt Wiwin Andri (Ina) 21-7, 17-21, 21-7; [2] Thomas Jakobs (Fra) bt Haris Mythili Srikumar (Ind) 21-17, 20-22, 21-16
SU5 doubles: Meril Loquette-Lucas Mazur (Fra) bt Rakesh Pandey-Dev Rathi (Ind) 21-15, 25-27, 21-19; Fang Jen-yu-Pu Gui Yu (Tpe) bt Rajkumar-Chirag Baretha (Ind) 27-25, 21-13
SL3 doubles: Dwiyoko-Fredy Setiawan (Ina) bt Deep Ranjan Bisoyee-Manoj Sarkar (Ind) 21-11, 21-12; Pramod Bhagat-Sukant Kadam (Ind) bt Muh Al Imran-Hikmat Ramdani (Ina) 21-18, 22-20
WH1-WH2 doubles: [1] Noor Azwan Noorlan-Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli (Mas) bt Supriadi-Agung Widodo (Ina) 21-16, 21-6; [2] Prem Kumar Ale-Abu Hubaida (ind) bt Munna Khalid-Shashank Kumar (Ind) 21-16, 21-13
WOMEN’S
SL3 singles: [1]Qanitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh (Ina) bt Manasi Girishchandra Joshi (Ind) 21-9, 21-8; [2] Mariam Eniola Bolaji (Ngr) bt Mandeep Kaur (Ind) 21-12, 21-18
SL4 singles: Leani Ratri Oktila (Ina) bt Chanida Srinavakul (Tha) 21-9, 21-9; Khalimatus Sadiyah (Ina) bt Ana Carolina Coutinho Reis (Bra) 21-16, 21-10
SH6 singles: [1] Nithya Sri Sumathy Sivan (Ind) bt Rina Marlina (Ina) 21-9, 23-21; [2] Giuliana Peveda (Per) bt [3] Yasmina Eissa (Egy) 21-12, 21-5
SU5 singles: Tulasimathi Murugesan (Ind) bt [2] Maud Lefort (Fra) 21-16, 21-15; [1] Manisha Ramadass (Ind) bt [3] Cathrine Rosengren (Den) 21-19, 21-9
WH1 singles: [1] Man Kei To (Ger) bt Onanong Phraikaeo (Tha) 21-16, 21-18; Sujirat Pookham (Tha) bt [2] Ana Gomes (Bra) 21-9, 21-7
SL3 doubles: Leani Ratri Oktila-Khalimatus Sadiyah (Ina) bt Sanjana Kumari-Shanthiya Viswanathan (Ind) 21-9, 21-9; Manasi Grishchandra Joshi-Tulasimathi Murugesan (Ind) bt Mikaela da Costa Almeida-Adriane Spinetti Avila (Bra) 21-4, 21-3
WH2 singles: Xu Tingting (Chn) bt Maya Alcaide (Esp) 21-8, 21-11; Pilar Jauregui (Per) bt [2] Alphia James (Ind) 21-15, 21-5
WH1-WH2 doubles: Onanong Phraikeao-Sujirat Pookham (Tha) bt Hu Guang-chiou-Ynag I-chen (Tpe) 21-9, 21-14; Man Kei to-Xu Tingting (Ger-Chn) bt [1] Alphia James-Pallavi Kuluvehalli m (Ind) 23-21, 21-11
MIXED
SL3 doubles: [1] Fredy Setiawan-Khalimatus Sadiyah (Ina) bt Pramod Bhagat-Manisha Ramadass (ind) 21-18, 13-21, 22-20; [3] Hikmat Ramdani-Leani Ratri Oktila (Ina) bt Kumar Nitesh-Tulasimathi Murugesan (Ind) 19-21, 21-12, 21-16
SH6 doubles: Subhan-Rina Marlina (Ina) bt Muhammad Amin Azmi-Nurzammiezatul Syafiqqah Mohammad Zamberi (Mas) 21-4, 21-5; [1] Krishna Nagar-Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (ind) bt Natthapong Meechai-Chai Saeyang (Tha) 18-21, 21-16, 21-15
WH1-WH2 doubles: Muhammad Iklhwan Ramli-Pilar Jauregui (Mas-Per) bt [2] Shashank Kumar-Ammu Mohan (Ind) 21-12, 21-12 ; [1] Prem Kumar Ale-Alphia James (Ind) bt Jakarin Homhual-Onanong Phraikaeo (Tha) 21-15, 21-18
