Daniel Marthin Undergoes Surgery, Prediction Of 3 Months Comeback

Badminton player Daniel Marthin was injured at the Sudirman Cup 2025. (Photo: Instagram @daniel.marthin)

JAKARTA - Men's doubles specialist Daniel Marthin has completed surgery and is estimated to take three months to return to training.

Head of the Development and Achievement Division of the PBSI Central Management, Eng Hian, said that Daniel carried out Arthroscopy Debridement's left knee to clean or repair the damaged or inflammatory knee joints.

"The next process is waiting for recovery to be continued with physiotherapy and muscle strengthening. It will take about 1-2 weeks to open the stitches and after that, physiotherapy can be carried out," he said in a statement.

Daniel Marthin suffered a knee injury while helping Indonesia secure the status of Group D champion at the Sudirman Cup 2025 in China last May.

The injury was obtained when he and his partner Muhammad Shohibul Fikri faced Danish representative Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. Daniel suffered an injury due to a wrong position when landing after doing a smash.

"It is estimated that a total of three months to be able to return to training in the field but must be gradual," said Eng Hian.

Indonesia itself returned from the 2025 Sudirman Cup event with a bronze medal after losing in the semifinals against South Korea with a score of 2-3. This result is beyond PBSI's expectation that it will reach the final.

The title was brought home by China. They emphasized their dominance in the mixed team event by defeating South Korea 3-1 in the final round.

This result extends China's dominance record, which now has collected 14 titles out of a total of 19 editions of the Sudirman Cup.