Although started at 10.00 in the morning, the fans had come since early in the morning. Take Deri as an example, the founder of Indonesian Women’s Doubles player, Greysia Polii fans club which is also known as Greysian, said he arrived at 07.00 to queue at a ticket box.
"Coming here at 7 am and going straight to the ticket box because I was afraid of not getting one. Today was insanely crowded and it is more crowded than the previous days,” Deri said.
Since this article was published, a semifinal match fought by Indonesian Mixed Doubles Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir and China’s Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei is currently being played.
There are still two home team’s representatives who will perform in the semifinal round this afternoon, they are Men’s Doubles pair Mohammad Ahsan /Hendra Setiawan who will take on China’s Zhang Nan/Fu Haifeng, and Women’s Doubles pair Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda who will face Yu Yang/Zhong Qianxin.