Greysia and Apriyani were on a mission to win the first ever gold medal for Indonesia’s women’s doubles team while Chen and Jia were trying to bring back gold supremacy in Chinese women’s doubles. Through all the challenges and knockouts that we have had, [we] must persevere because this gold medal, this moment, this was our aim for all this time. The gold medal surely means so much for Greysia, who has been through a lot as a badminton player, especially in the last decade. “When people said: 'You're not going to make it, Indonesia doesn't have the history in women's doubles.' Indonesia bagged another medal in badminton on Monday, after Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defeated Guatemalan Kevin Cordon 21-11, 21-13 in the men’s singles bronze medal match.

Source: The Star August 03, 2021 10:18 UTC