JAKARTA - The impromptu pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri actually ended the drought of the Indonesian title.
They presented the BWF Super 1000 title, China Open 2025, last week. Fajar/Fikri became the champion after defeating Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (the second seed from Malaysia) in the final match on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
In fact, they are united because their respective partners have to be absent. Daniel Marthin, who is Fikri's partner, is currently still in the recovery stage due to injury. As for Fajar's partner, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, is currently taking a break due to family matters.
Therefore, PBSI only targets Fajar/Fikri to appear in three tournaments, namely the Japan Open, China Open and Macau Open 2025.
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However, they did not play at the Macau Open 2025. So far, it is not clear how the couple will continue.
PBSI and the coaching team have yet to hold talks about the possibility that they will reunite looking back at several tournaments ahead, such as the Hong Kong Open (Super 500), China Masters (Super 750), to the Korea Open 2025 (Super 500) in the range August to September 2025.
However, Fajar emphasized that he was always ready if he had to go back in pairs with Fikri.
"As an athlete, I only follow from above. I will always be ready later if it is paired again in the future," he said at the PBSI National Training Center on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
Fikri and Fajar were united by PBSI in June 2025. Initially, the decision was to maintain the rhythm of their game because their respective partners were in trouble. However, in fact the experiment yielded positive results.
Fikri said that he and Fajar were actually included in the plan to play together at the China Open 2025. Because they both have a partner's vacancy, finally at the Japan Open 2025 they are also partnered.
"At first in China with Fajar, only Rian can't be at the Japan Open, so all of them. However, in the future (playing with Fajar again or not) I personally don't know," he said.
The title brought home by Fajar/Fikri managed to end Indonesia's drought at the BWF World Tour event with Super 500 levels and above. Before that, Indonesia only won two Super 300 BWF titles.
The two Super 300 BWF titles were obtained by women's doubles Lanny Tria Mayasari/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti at Thailand Masters 2025 and Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu at Taipei Open 2025.
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