The nine host athletes are Amri Rusdana, Komang Harik Adi Putra, Iqbal Candra Pratama, Abdul Malik, Wewey Wita, Pipiet Khamelia, Sarah Tria Monita, Hanifan Yudani Kusumah, and Aji Bangkit Pamungkas.
Amri Rusdana will play against Mohd Fauzi Khalid of Malaysia in the men's 70kg-75kg class F, Komang Harik Adi Putra will take on Tuan Anh Pham of Vietnam in the men's 65kg-70kg class E.
Iqbal Candra Pratama will face Abdumalik Salimovof Uzbekistan.
Abdul Malik will meet BO Thammavongsa of Laos in the men's 50kg-55kg class B, and Wewey Wita will face Olathai Sounthavong of Laos in the women's 50kg-55kg class B.
Aji Bangkit Pamungkas will play against Duy Tuyen Nguyen of Vietnam in the men's 85kg-90kg class I, and Pipiet Kamelia will take on Janejira Wankrue of Thailand in the women's 60kg-65kg class D.
Sarah Tria Monita will face Thi Loan Hoang of Vietnam in the women's 55kg-60kg class C and Hanifan Yudani Kusumah will take on Adilan Chemaeng of Thailand in the men's 55kg-60kg class C.
All the competitions will take place at the Pencak Silat Center in the Indonesia in Miniature Park (TMII) in East Jakarta starting at 09.00 a.m. local time.
The only Indonesian pencak silat athlete who failed to step into the semifinals is Eko Febrianto. He was disqualified for punching his contender to bleeding.
In the arts class, five Indonesian pencak silat athletes secured their tickets to the finals, including Puspa Arumsari and Sugianto who scored the highest points in the women's and men's singles categories on Saturday (Aug 25).
As such, 15 Indonesian pencak silat athletes moved on to the semifinals and finals in the 16 events contested in the pencak silat event.
Indonesia's pencak silat coach Roni Syaifullah has targeted the host team to emerge as overall champion in the sports event.
"We want to become overall champion no matter how many medals we will garner," he said. ***4***
Reporting by Syaiful Hakim
Editing by Suharto
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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