Ode To Latitude
Opening Match

"Service Fault, too high" said the service judge while placing his hand, with a flat gesture on the chest. Points for the opponent.

"huuuu" Indonesian fans in the Ceres Arena Danish stands mocked the referee. 

The latitude of the protest on the referee. Three times he served in this match and always declared fault.

"it's not fault!" latitude Protest. He approached the referee and modeled the service he had just done. Latitude has even bent one of its knees, not lifting the shuttlecock and servicing it waist-aligned.

"No" said Danny Osborn, a German referee who served as a service referee in the qualifying round of Indonesia vs France.

Lintang stood while staring at the stands of Indonesian supporters. He stopped the match for a moment.

"Wiryateja, come here" said the match referee asked Lintang to come closer to him.

"Don't wasting time. You're serve is fault. Play!" said the referee commemorating Lintang.

"Service. Seventeen, eleven. Play!" lin Gao Lu said the Taipei referee.

The first round was won by France with a score of 21-17.

"There's no need to hurry. Patience. No need to lift, smash he's dating you hard back. Play long enough, love flat balls continue to put" said Koh Tony reminded Lintang.

"Service is also not to rush. Put the ball to the right, he can not turn if to the right" said Koh Toni while patting the shoulder Lintang, encouraging.

"Ready to play" the match referee instructs the player to return to the field, and continue the match.

The Denmark Open opening match was very crowded, filled with Danish supporters and Indonesian supporters who filled the audience stands. This Super 750 match is one of the prestigious matches in the badminton tournament. Besides because the prizes offered are very tempting, the most important thing is the number of points that players will get. The points serve as a world ranking determination and points calculation for the year-end tournament.

The player before him, Jeremiah Delcano is a French junior who has just made his debut at senior level. Last week, Jeremiah won the Spain Open Super 300 gold medal. 

"Lintang Focus don't underestimate your opponent" Inner Lintang reminded him not to be arrogant when dealing with junior players.

"Out" line referee declares flick serve Latitude out of service area. 

"Ordinary service!" yelled Koh Toni at Lintang, who deliberately retreated to the back of the field in order to hear further instructions from koh Toni.

The position became eight for Latitude, and two eleven for Jeremiah. 

Latitude points increase, while opponent points get closer to the point game. Eighteen for Jeremiah and fifteen for Latitude.

Garuda in my chest, my pride Garuda. I'm sure today, it's gonna win.

Indonesian supporters sing Garuda song in Dadaku, belonging to the band Neutral to encourage Lintang. Sounds and trumpets filled the arena as Latitude gained point after point.

"Match point, twenty all" the referee said. Both players have the same points, which means there must be two more points to determine the winner of the 2nd round.

Turn of the latitude that performs the service. Latitude does not want to take risks at crucial points. He did forehand service. The ball is struck far to the opponent's back line.

Jeremiah returns the Latitude ball with a dropshot punch. The latitude returned the ball, and it was immediately smashed by Jeremiah.

Twenty-one, twenty.

Lintang took a breath for a moment, he stared at the scoreboard. 

The match resumed.

Jeremiah served short but his serve did not cross the service line. They are twenty-one the same. 

This time Lintang tried low service and succeeded. Jeremiah returned the Latitude service but got caught in the net.

"aaaahhhhh one more, one more" cries of Indonesian supporters echoed.

Lintang did a short service then in the jeremiah sambar. They both fought a drive until Jeremiah returned the ball far back. Seeing the chance of the hull ball, Lintang countered with a hard smash towards Jeremiah's body. The ball was successfully returned Jeremiah, unfortunately the ball went wide to the side of the field and fell outside the white line.

"Out" said the line referee ending the second match, 21-23.

The third round continues. The match can be controlled by latitude. Latitude began to adapt to the minimal lighting in court 3, and shuttlecock that felt heavy due to cold weather. *C*ock that is hit goes slower than when playing in the tropics.

The third match was ended by Lintang with a score of 14-21. 

Low boisterous Indonesian spectators accompanied the departure of the two players leaving the match field

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