Six Indonesian Representatives at the 2023 World Tour Finals
JAKARTA – Indonesia has six representatives who will appear at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals (WTF) on December 13-17, 2023 at Hangzhou Olympic Sport, China.
BWF World Tour Finals 2023 is a prestigious event at the end of every year. This championship is only attended by the top eight badminton players in the BWF rankings from each category.
Thus, a total of 40 representatives will appear at the event. The names of those participating have been released by BWF on Tuesday, November 28 2023.
It is certain that no one will participate in the Indonesian mixed doubles sector this year. This is the first time in the last six years that Indonesian mixed doubles have not played in the BWF World Tour Finals.
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Meanwhile, in four other categories Indonesia has representatives. In detail, one each for women's singles and doubles and two each for men's singles and doubles.
The only one in the women's singles is Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. The 24 year old badminton player will compete with top names, such as An Se-young, Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi.
In the men's singles, the two Indonesian representatives who confirmed themselves to qualify were Jonatan Christie and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Opponents in this sector include Viktor Axelsen and Shi Yu Qi.
Then in women's doubles, Indonesia will hope for Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. Meanwhile, in men's doubles there are Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri.