Hello, Readers!
For Indonesian badminton lovers, I think you guys already know them before they had separated for one year in 2019. The young lady had paired up with Indonesian senior players, and the young man had been focused in the Men Double section. Unfortunately, the year isn’t their lucky moment yet like before the time. Then, in early 2020, when Tontowi Ahmad decided to retired, his new partner in XD section (after Liliyana Natsir retired), Winny Oktavina Kandow being paired up again with her previous partner.
I’ll start with the young lady named Winny Oktavina Kandow. She was born on October 14th, 1998, in South Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Nowadays she has been in Tangkas Club and has joined the national team (PBSI) since early 2017. Winny got the chance after she won first place in National Championship 2016 paired up with Yeremia Erich Yacob Rambitan, nowadays who plays in the Men Double section.
Since the beginning when she entered the national team, Winny had such many “probation” matches with some players of the same age as her. But, besides paired up with Rinov Rivaldy, she couldn’t reach the quarterfinal round. With Rinov, she only got into the semifinal, in Osaka International Series 2017, and they had beaten by Wang Sijian/Ni Bowen, Chinese youngster. When she got paired up with Akbar Bintang Cahyono, both of them got into the national team in early 2017, she succeeds to reach a quarterfinal in some tournaments, they even got into the semifinal in Singapore Open International Series 2017 after had beaten by their country compatriot, Lukhi Apri/Ririn Amelia.
Even though for some tournaments they only got into quarterfinals, but most people also are sure that they will be something in the future.
Yeah. We all hope it.
*Info&Trivia:
https://bwfbadminton.com/player/77284/winny-oktavina-kandow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny_Oktavina_Kandow
https://olahraga.kompas.com/read/2017/12/02/17271081/winny-kandow-juara-dengan-pasangan-berbeda
https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/2a2fa024-3d79-45fb-8bfc-b46e9ae41d45/leagues