Korea Masters 2024: Putri KW And Ana/Tiwi Qualify For Semifinals

JAKARTA - Women's Singles Kusuma Wardani and women's doubles Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi also qualified for the semifinals of the Korea Masters 2024.

This result also ensured that the three Indonesian representatives who fought in the quarter-finals all qualified for the semifinals of the BWF Super 300 level tournament.

Putri secured a ticket to the last four after stopping the representative of the host Sim Yu-jin with a score of 21-16, 12-21, and 24-22.

This is the first win of the 22-year-old athlete over Sim after being in two previous competitive clashes, at the 2023 Australian Open and China Taipei Open 2024, he has always lost.

"It's great to be back in the top four, but I have to fight again tomorrow so I can get on the podium again," Putri said after the match as received in the statement.

This is the second consecutive semifinals that Putri got. Previously, she also reached the same round at the Denmark Open in October 2024, but she failed to reach the final.

In the semifinals tomorrow, November 9, 2024, Putri, who is the second seed in the tournament, will meet Taipei's Chinese singles, Chiu Pin-Chian, who defeated host representative Kim Min-sun.

Meanwhile, the third seed Ana/Tiwi reached the semifinals after stopping the pair Lin Xiao Min/Wang Yu Qiao (China Taipei) through the rubber game 21-16, 17-21, and 21-11.

"Alhamdulillah, we are happy to be in the semifinals, but we must not be careless, we must not slack off, we must focus more on tomorrow's match," said Tiwi.

This is Ana/Tiwi's third semifinal in their four latest tournaments. In the previous two semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open and China Taipei Open 2024, they successfully went to the final and came out as champions.

Ana/Tiwi will next face second seed Li Yi Jing/Luo Xu Min. The pair from China reached the top four after breaking the hopes of the Chinese women's doubles Taipei, Yan Fei Chen/Liang Ching Sun.