Owi/Butet and Zhan/Zhao, The Toughest Pairs at The Olympic

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JAKARTA - South Korean pair, Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na, failed to win the title at Indonesia Open after defeated by Xu Chen/Ma Jin in the final match at Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (5/6/2016). After the defeat, they consider Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir and Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei are the toughest opponents at 2016 Rio Olympic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the next August 5-22.

Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na had to surrender and admit Xu Xhen/Ma Jin's superiority after playing a three game match, 21-15, 16-21, and 21-13 in 58 minutes.

"From the beginning they were hard to tame and it is very unfortunate we lost it," Sung Hyun said.

Similarly, Him Ka Na also said he was not really confident despite the fact that they won in their last encounter at Singapore Open.

"I was lacking self confidence when playing in forward area thus the opponent's attacks struck us. And there were empty spots during our rotary. BUt my partner encouraged me," Kim Ha Na said.

"The condition here is different with Singapore. We are also disappointed we lost the match. We will improve our weaknesses in the future," tambahnya.

Two months to the Olympic, they said they would improve what has been known as weaknesses at Indonesia Open. After this, they will skip the Australia Open.

"This will be our last event before the Olympic. Today we could reach final and it becomes a motivation as well as lessons, the weaknesses we had will be overcome so that we will perform better at the Olympic," Sung Hyun said.

Kim Ha Na added that even the world's #1 Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei and Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir lost in the semifinal and the second round, they still consider the two world's best pairs as the biggest threat at the Olympic.

"I personally want gold (medal). But the most important thing is to play one match at a time to keep us focus, because in the end, the final result the only thing that matters," said Kim Ha Na. "Owi/Butet and Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei are still my strongest opponents," she ended.