Malaysia Open 2026: Putri Pulang di Perempat Final

JAKARTA - Putri Kusuma Wardani again tasted defeat against Wang Zhi Yi, who ended her journey in the quarter-finals of the 2026 Malaysia Open.

The sixth seed had to bury his dream of a tournament in a two-game match against the world number two shuttler with a final score of 17-21 and 18-21 on Friday, January 9, 2026.

"First, I want to express my gratitude because there was no injury at all. For the whole day today, I am more satisfied than the previous two matches because I can play freely and more games and more improved," said Putri.

This defeat extended Putri's suffering against the Chinese women's singles. Overall from their seven competitive clashes, Putri has never come out as a winner.

Apart from the bad record against Wang, Putri has also failed to win against other elite women's singles. The other two names he has never stopped so far are world number one An Se-young and former world number one Akane Yamaguchi.

The next princess will appear at the BWF Super 750 India Open which will take place next week. There, he also set a target to get better results from the journey at the Axiata Arena.

"Next week, I want to get into the semifinals first. I hope that for each match, until I can get to the semifinals, I can play well and can play without any burden at all," said Putri.

Putri is the second Indonesian representative to be eliminated in the quarterfinals. Previously, the women's doubles pair of Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Meilysa Trias Puspitasari had already returned home.