KW's daughter alone shoulders the burden of the princess at All England 2026

JAKARTA - Putri Kusuma Wardani is confirmed to carry the burden of the Indonesian women's singles in the world's oldest badminton event, the All England, which will take place early next month. The All England 2026 will be held on March 3-8, 2026 at the Utilita Arena Birmingham, England. The competition provides a total prize of one million 450 thousand US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 24.4 billion. Women's singles coach, Imam Tohari, said that Putri is also scheduled to compete in the 2026 Swiss Open, a BWF Super 300 tournament which takes place the following week after the All England. "For Putri to tour Europe, those two, All England and Swiss Open, while at the Orléans Masters we will bring down Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan," said Imam.

Putri is again the focus of Indonesia because Gregoria Mariska Tunjung is still struggling with vertigo problems. Currently, Putri is the only Indonesian women's singles player who is eligible to appear there. Imam explained that based on the current BWF world rankings, the women's singles player at the National Training Center who is closest to competing is Thalita, who must fight from the qualifying round at the 2026 Orléans Masters. "So I hope that if there is an opportunity, she can steal as many points as possible to be able to appear at the 300 and 500 level," said Imam. Indonesia also actually has other women's singles players such as Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo. However, the badminton player from Papua's ranking has dropped drastically due to a long absence due to injury. Ester only recovered at the end of last year after being absent for more than six months and was finally able to play in the Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) earlier this month.