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Greysia Polii

Greysia Polii
Yonex IFB 2013 - Eightfinal - Ma Jin - Zhong Qianxin — Nitya Krishinda Maheswari - Greysia Polii 01 (cropped).jpg
Greysia Polii at the 2013 French Open Superseries
Personal information
Birth name Greysia Polii
Country  Indonesia
Born (1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 (age 29)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Eng Hian
Mixed & Women's doubles
Highest ranking 2 with Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (28 January 2016)
Current ranking 2 with Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (28 January 2016)
BWF profile

Greysia Polii (born 11 August 1987 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian female badminton player specializing in women's doubles. Her current partner is Nitya Krishinda Maheswari. Polii remains a talented athlete, even after being found guilty of match fixing at the 2012 Olympics.

In 2016, she and her partner Nitya Krishinda Maheswari were qualified for the BWF Super Series Masters Finals. However, they withdrew from the tournament due to Maheswari's scheduled knee surgery. Their position was replaced by Vivian Hoo and Khe Wei Woon.

In 2007 Polii won women's doubles at the Indonesian National Championships with Jo Novita. They were women's doubles silver medalists at both the 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games. Polii was a member of Indonesian Sudirman Cup teams that finished second to China in 2005 and 2007. At quarterfinals of 2009 Singapore Open Greysia Polii beat the world number one, Wong Pei Tty and Chin Eei Hui from Malaysia and beat also ninth-placed Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark in semifinals. In French Open 2009, Polii and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari managed to reach the semifinals, after beating Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen from Denmark in the quarterfinals, before defeated by the Chinese pair Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli from China by straight set 21-4, 21-18. In December 2009, Polii and Maheswari was unable to get the gold for Indonesia in SEA Games 2009 in Vientiane, Laos, after defeated by young Thai pair Savitree Amitrapai and Munkit Vacharaporn. Polii then partnered with Meiliana Jauhari, and they reached the quarterfinals of All England 2010. At the quarterfinals they were defeated by Chinese pair Pan Pan and Tian Qing with tight rubber set 23-25, 21-17, 17-21.


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