Butet Encouraged Owi

Tontowi Ahmad, Liliyana Natsir
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Tontowi Ahmad has not been able to give his best in front of national team supporters at the stadium at BCA Indonesia Open Super Series Premier (BIOSSP) 2014. Aware of the situation, his partner, Liliyana Natsir, encouraged him.

Taking on Korea's Shin Baek Choel/Jang Ye Na, Butet, Liliyana Natsiris often called, admitted they haven't found their best performance as they had to fight three sets, 21-11, 22-24, 21-13 to win the match,Thursday (19/6).

She said she was once affected by Owi's performance which was below par.

"It was not bad at the beginning, but I got carried away with Owi's disorientation. In the second set we were rushing to end the game andwin but it turned out we made several mistakes," Butet revealed to MixZone.

Based on the situation, Butet encouraged Owi since the encouragementfrom the supporters at the stadium had not been successful in boostingOwi's determination to play better.

"I said to Owi that we are the world champion and All England, do you think this is the kind of game we should demonstrate? We're playing against Korea at home," Butet said. "After that owi began to rise," she added.

Butet also add that Owi has issues is his performance at BIOSSP 2014. Psychologically, Owi's moral is fluctuating and he has to been courage.

"I wanna take Owi to the podium here. I have been a champion in this tournament, if we lose, Owi will lose his chance," said the Indonesia Open 2013 runner up.

To face the next match, Butet hopes she and her partner can perform better because the opponents are tougher and the atmosphere is getting tenser.