The young racer who has flown in the karting world, Keanon Santoso will compete in F4 Asia Formula Renault 2018 race which becomes his main priority after being vacuum for some time. In a press conference at Kelapa Gading area in Jakarta on Monday, Keanon said that he has been preparing for the 2018 Formula Renault Asia pre-season practice that has been followed since the end of January 2018. In the practice, he recorded 1 minute 56.2 seconds or faster than the targeted time of 1:58 seconds. In the 2018 Asian Formula Renault, for the first time, Keanon will try out the Shanghai International Circuit in China on April 28-29 before competing in the next race. In the preparation, Keanon and his team, ATR Motorsport will go to Shanghai on Friday (20/4) or one week before the racing starts, and will do various training sessions there. During his career in racing, Keanon Santoso has won the overall champion achievement of Junior Rotax Max Challenge Indonesia 2015 and represented Indonesia at the Rotax Max Grand Final World Championship held at Circuito de Algarve in Portugal. In 2016, Keanon won the "double winner" as Eshark Rok Cup Indonesia national champion and Asian Rok Cup champion in the senior class of Rok GP.
Mixed doubles pair -Ronald Alexander / Annisa Saufika won the runner-up position in China Masters 2018 badminton tournament in the Final session held at Agile Stadium, Hainan in China on Sunday. Based on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) page monitored from Jakarta on Sunday, the Indonesian duet, that was named as the first seed, must recognize the superiority of the host couple, Guo Xinwa/Liu Xuanxuan after competing three games for an interminable 55 minutes with a score 17-21, 21-7, 19-21. Ronald and Annisa became the sole representative of Indonesia who qualified in the Super 100 final tournament. Indonesia in China Master 2018 sent pairs of men's doubles, women's doubles, men's and women’s singles as well as mixed doubles. The host certainly won four titles of China Masters 2018. After the mixed doubles and their women's singles became champions, women's doubles and men's doubles will also belong to China. While in men's singles, Lin Yu Hsien from Taiwan won the title after subduing the host representative, Lu Guangzu with the scores: 12-21, 21-12, 21-14.
Indonesian team of 8 players won The Badminton Tournament held by Dubai Club for People of Determination. The first tournament for disabilities people in the Middle East was held at Shabab Al Ahli Dubai Club Sports Center at Al Mamzar Dubai on April 12-15 2018. The tournament was attended by more than 200 players and officials from 23 countries and it’s scheduled to be upgraded as a ranking competition towards qualifying for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In the tournament, Indonesian team sent 6 athletes and 2 officials, including physiotherapy physician and team manager. Indonesian team won 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals. Besides Indonesia, the countries that joined 1st Fazza Dubai The Badminton 2018 are France, England, Ireland, Finland, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong - China, and Australia.
Men's volleyball team of Surabaya Bhayangkara Samator successfully won the Proliga 2018 after mastering the situation and defeating Palembang Sumsel Babel Bank 3-1 (25-22,25-16,23-25 and 30-28) in final match at Yogyakarta on Sunday. In the grand final match held at Amongrogo Sports Arena in Yogyakarta, Surabaya Bhayangkara Samator team dominated the first two sets. Even in the second set, the team trained by Ibarsyah barely got any meaningful resistance from Sumsel Babel Bank. Coach of Palembang Sumsel Babel Bank, Samsul Jais did not say that despite having to settle in the runner-up position, he remained grateful because his team's journey appearing in the grand final round required a tough struggle. Coach of Surabaya Bhayangkara Samator, Ibarsyah said that the key of the team victory is on three factors namely, mastery "receive" the first ball, service, and block. The factors are the important things to grab points. This is continuously improved from the first round until the grand final round. Meanwhile, Head of The National Volleyball Federation of Indonesia, Commissioner General Imam Sujarwo said that Proliga 2019 will be held earlier than the set schedule which will start in December 2018 because the year -2019 is coinciding with the presidential election.