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Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi said at Presidential Office in Jakarta on Monday that President, Joko Widodo hopes that Indonesian men’s double pair, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamulyo could win gold medal in Asian Games 2018. In a meeting, the President also asked them to anticipate rival countries, especially in Asia to be their opponents in the 2018 Asian Games. Moreover, they are expected to win gold medal in Asian Games. Regarding to the competition situation  with the badminton players of Asia nations such as China, Japan, South Korea as well as Thailand, Kevin- Marcus said that all of them are quite competitive; the important thing is that  Kevin and Marcus  are ready. Kevin added that this week, he and Marcus prepared themselves for Thomas Cup. Besides getting the message and spirit from the President, in the meeting at the State Palace, Minister Imam Nahrawi accompanied the All England 2018 champions -Marcus and Kevin when met President Joko Widodo.

Jet ski of Indonesian national team, which is currently in United States for training camp ahead of the 2018 Asian Games, will participate in the international competition in the United States of America.Secretary General of Indonesia Jetsport Boating Association (IJBA), Rinaldy Duyo, when contacted from Jakarta on Wednesday, said that besides training in America, the team will participate in eight to ten international-level tournaments until July.Rinaldy added that sending the jet ski of national team to the United States is to practice, not burdened with a target for achievement in every tournament. The main purpose is to improve the ability and finalize preparations to compete in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games.Since early March 2018, the team has been in United States. Jet ski is one of the sports events to rely on winning gold medal at the biggest four-year championship in Asia, considering Indonesia has potential athletes with world-class achievement.

Indonesian women's tennis team of U14 finally won the last game in the qualifying group phase of the World Junior Tennis Championship (WJTC) Asia/Oceania G14 in Thailand on Wednesday.Based on the tournamentsoftware page monitored in Jakarta, Indonesian team in women’s WJTC qualifying match Asia/Oceania which was held at the AG98 tennis stadium, Muangthong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand on Wednesday finally got the first winning in Group D.The victory gained by Indonesia was right when the final bout in this group phase was scored by Indonesian team against Uzbekistan with a score 2-1. Indonesia could first score points through the first single -Komang Gina Kusuma Dewi who toppled Omina Valikhanova 6-4 and 7-6 (3). However, Indonesian team had to lose points after second single -Samantha Edison was conquered by Farida Marimova 2-6 and 3-6. The Indonesian victory was finally obtained in the last party of Komang Gina Kusuma Dewi / Diah Ayu Novita couple Yosri Saputri who were able to defeat Farida Marimova / Maftunabonu Kakhramonova with the score 6-2 and 6-3.With this result, Indonesia plays in the playoff pool 9-16 (groups ranked 3 and 4 in the group phase) and will counter Lebanon as the first opponent in the round that will play this knockout system. Head of Public Relations of PP Pelti, Wynne Prakusya said that playoff opponent from Lebanon has a big chance to win. For the target, he wants Indonesia to sit at ninth rank in the WJTC G14.To achieve the ninth rank, Indonesia must continue to win until the end of the playoffs or three games. While those who are at the end of the qualifying round are ranked 15-16; they must undergo pre-qualification first to enter the WJTC.

The match between Indonesian national team against Malaysia in the 2018 Anniversary Cup tournament at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK) Senayan in Jakarta on March 27^th, is considered to be an evaluation event by Coach Luis Milla. This was stated by Minister of Youth and Sports, Imam Nahrawi in Jakarta on Tuesday.He said that the evaluation is that to what extent the ability of the national team is before undergoing an official match at the 2018 Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang next August. Moreover, the preparation made by the Spanish coach was long enough.Anniversary Cup 2018 is a tournament formed by All-Indonesian Football Association -PSSI to celebrate the birthday of the 88th PSSI. The match itself is held in two places namely GBK Main Stadium and Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, West Java.Meanwhile, the establishment of U-23 national team continues to be done by coach Luis Milla. He has already prepared the exercise program in accordance with the stages and the implementation is done every month. In addition, the national team has also undergone test matches. One of them is to face Singapore. Despite playing overseas, Awan Seto and his friends were able to win 3-0 over the home team.