Macau Open 2024: Indonesia Places 4 Representatives In The Quarter Finals

JAKARTA Half of the total Indonesian representatives who played in the second round of the Macau Open 2024 managed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

The second half of the BWF Super 300 level event was completed on Thursday, September 26, 2024, WIB night.

The four representatives who succeeded in continuing their journey were Alwi Farhan, Dejan Ferdinandsyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, Putri Kusuma Wardani, and Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

Alwi Farhan got a ticket after rising from the defeat of the first game to beat Malaysia's men's singles, Justin Hoo.

In the quarter-finals, Friday, September 27, 2024, Alwi, who is the eighth seed, will face Japan's singles, Koo Takahashi.

Meanwhile, Dejan/Gloria continued their journey after winning easily over the pair from China Taipei, Po Li Wei/Chang Ching Hui.

The mixed doubles pair from Thailand, Rutanapak Oupthong/Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat, who is the eighth seed, will be Dejan/Gloria's next opponent.

Then, it was Putri's turn, who became the fifth seed in the tournament, to maintain her hopes in this event by stopping the Japanese women's singles, Manami Suizu.

Putri, who is the runner-up at the Hong Kong Open and China Taipei Open 2024, will again meet Japan's representatives in the quarter-finals, namely Tomoka Miyazaki's fourth seed.

Patience/Reza, the second seed, then followed their colleagues by burying the Chinese couple's dream, Chui Hen Chen/Peng Jian Qin. The Chinese Taipei pair, Ming Che Lu/Tang Kai Wei, will be their opponents.

Actually, Indonesia has a total of eight representatives in the second round of this tournament. However, four other representatives were eliminated.

The representatives who were eliminated were Yohanes Saut Marcellyno, Arlya Nabila Thesa Manggaran/Az Zahra Ditya Ramadhani, Jesita Putri Miantoro/Febi Setianingrum, and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Daniel Marthin.