Korea Masters 2024: Putri KW Wins Easy

JAKARTA The women's singles badminton player Putri Kusuma Wardani secured an easy victory for two straight games to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Korea Masters 2024.

The second seed stopped the Chinese women's singles Taipei, Tung Ciou-Tong, within 40 minutes with the final score 21-15 and 21-12 on Thursday, November 7, 2024, noon WIB.

"Today's game was quite tiring and crowded. The slow shuttlecock made it difficult to get points," Putri said in a statement.

In the first game, Putri was only forced to play tight in the first four points. Then, after 2-2, she immediately scored 10 consecutive points and went smoothly.

In the second game, the tight numbers between the two players also only happened at the beginning. After the 3-3 position, Putri immediately moved away with six points and was not overtaken anymore.

"The opponent has strong power and the attack is quite sharp. However, I tried to strengthen the defense to reduce him. I also did not force him to quickly get the momentum to take points," said Putri.

In the quarter-finals tomorrow, November 8, 2024, Putri will meet fifth seed Sim Yu-jin. The host's singles qualified after defeating his compatriot, Park Ga-eun.

This will be the third clash between the two names. Two previous competitive clashes Putri always came home as the losers.

"Tomorrow against Sim Yu-jin. The last meeting in the Chinese Taipei Open final yesterday. At that time, I had a hard time with his punches. So, tomorrow I want to be even more prepared. Play loose and nothing to lose," said Putri.

Apart from the China Taipei Open, another suffering experienced by Putri against Sim occurred at the Australian Open last year.