China Open 2025: Putri KW Immediately Loses

JAKARTA After reaching the quarter-finals at the Japan Open 2025 last week, Putri Kusuma Wardani's appearance was no better at the 2025 China Open. She was immediately eliminated in the first round.

Putri lifted the suitcase from the tournament after Sim Yu-jin held back two points for victory in the third set and closed the match with a final score of 14-21, 21-14, and 19-21 on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, morning WIB.

At the beginning of the first game, Putri appeared slick to lead the South Korean representative. He had taken the 7-5 lead before losing three points in a row, changing the course of the game.

He then equalized, but Sim managed to score three more points to lead the interval and continued to dominate the game after that.

Putri was left behind by four points 2-6 at the start of the second game. However, he mightily got seven points later to turn things around.

The 22-year-old badminton player then narrowly leads one point in the interval and chases numbers after that. However, he was able to score seven points in a row for the second time after the 14-14 position and forced the match to continue into the third game.

In the third game, Putri was also in the top of the wind after being able to outperform the opponent four points 9-5. He had lost the moment before scoring three consecutive points to lead 19-18. Unfortunately, the numbers are stuck there.

The defeat of the Tangerang-born badminton player made the Indonesian women's singles now just have to hope for Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.

Gregoria, who played her second tournament in China after missing the Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) in April 2025, will play this afternoon against Japanese women's singles,ORDNE Sugiyama.