Indonesia has 10 representatives in the second round of the 2026 Asian Badminton Championships
JAKARTA - Indonesia managed to place 10 representatives in the second round of the Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) or the 2026 Asian Badminton Championship. The number is spread across all five match numbers.
BAC 2026 will complete all the first round matches at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center, Ningbo, China, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, WIB evening. The Indonesian representatives who survived consisted of two men's singles, one women's singles, three men's doubles, two women's doubles, and two mixed doubles.
The only men's singles who survived the tournament were Jonatan Christie and Alwi Farhan. This number actually sent Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah, but he went home in the first round after recording two victories in the qualifiers.
Jonatan and Alwi compactly stopped the Malaysian men's singles in the first round. Jojo, Jonatan's nickname, who is the third seed in this tournament, qualified after defeating Leong Jun Hao, while Alwi eliminated Justin Hon.
As for the single hope in the women's singles, it is on Putri Kusuma Wardani. The player who has the status of the sixth seed is accompanied by Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan, who was unable to pass the qualifying round.
Putri is on a very difficult draw path to reach the tournament's final round. If he can pass the second round test, he will most likely face fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.
In addition, the second seed Wang Zhi Yi is also in the lower half of the draw so the princess can meet the Chinese representative in the semifinals. However, the history of meetings puts Wang and Yamaguchi in an underdog position.
From the men's doubles sector, the names that are still surviving are the pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri, and Ali Faathir Rayhan/Devin Artha Wahyudi.
The rest are the women's doubles Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi/Siti Fadia Ramadhanti and Rachel Allessya Rose/Febi Setianingrum and the mixed doubles Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha Pasaribu and Amri Syahnawi/Nita Violina Marwah.
The second round match is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026. The series of duels will start at 11.00 China time or 10.00 WIB.
List of 10 Indonesian Representatives in the Second Round of BAC 2026
Men's Singles
Jonatan Christie Alwi FarhanWomen's Singles
Kusuma Wardani's daughterMen's Doubles
Ali Faathir Rayhan/Devin Artha WahyudiFajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul FikriSabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi IsfahaniWomen's Doubles
Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi/Siti Fadia Ramadhanti Rachel Allessya Rose/Febi SetianingrumMixed Doubles
Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha PasaribuAmri Syahnawi/Nita Violina Marwah