Primadona Indonesia Masters 2024: Thet Htar Thuzar Is No Longer Foreign From Indonesia

JAKARTA Thet Htar Thuzar is one of the prima donnas in the 2024 Indonesia Masters which has just been completed at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta, January 23-28, 2024.

The beautiful face of the badminton player from Myanmar has attracted attention at Istora. Moreover, Indonesia is familiar to him.

He has a lot of fans in the country. Even when he wanted to appear at the Indonesia Masters 2024, he uploaded a photo on his personal Instagram and greeted his fans.

"Playing the qualifying round in Indonesia. Hoping to meet all of you at Istora," wrote Thet.

Unfortunately, Thet's steps are not long at the Indonesia Masters 2024. Starting the tournament from the qualifying round, the 24-year-old badminton player was immediately eliminated.

He lost against representatives of Chinea Taipei, Huang Yu-Hsun, in a tight three-set battle with a score of 21-17, 13-21, and 17-21.

Indonesia Masters 2024 is the third tournament that Thet will participate in this year. Previously, he also appeared at Malaysia and the 2024 India Open, but immediately died in the first round.

Apart from that, Thet has become a idol for Indonesian badminton lovers. In addition to the issue of looks, his talent also stole the show.

Thet was born in Yangon on March 15, 1999 and has known the badminton world since the age of seven. His father, Tun Tun Zaw, introduced badminton for the first time.

He has participated in the 2013 SEA Games. At that time, Myanmar hosted the ASEAN largest multi-event.

Another achievement, Thet is listed as the first badminton player to ever represent Myanmar at the Olympics. He first experienced the world's largest multi-event when it took place in Tokyo in 2020.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is the first time Myanmar has decided to participate in badminton.

At that time, Thet stole the attention of the badminton world when it came down against Indonesia's mainstay women's singles, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. In that match, he had to admit the superiority of the Indonesian representative.

After the 2020 Olympics, Thet appeared at the BWF World Championship or BWF World Championship 2021. However, he lost in the first round against China's Taipei representative, Pai Yu-po.

Previously, Thet's achievements were quite flashy for Myanmar. He has collected eight BWF International Challeng/Series titles throughout 2018-2020, three of which are runners-up in a total of 11 participations.

It is only natural that he gets attention, especially at the Indonesia Masters 2024. Fans in the country are waiting for Thet's presence.

Indonesia is already familiar with Thet. He is noted on the BWF website that he has often competed in tournaments held in Indonesia.

His first appearance in Indonesia was when he participated in the BWF World Junior Championship in 2017.

Last year alone, Thet visited Indonesia three times. He participated in the Indonesia Masters Super 100 I and II (Medan and Surabaya) as well as the Indonesia Open 2023 (Super 1000) in Jakarta.