JAKARTA Women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti secured a convincing victory in the first round of the 2025 Japanese Kumamoto Masters.
They defeated the host representatives Sayaka Hirota/Haruna Konishi 21-12 and 21-18 on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, to secure the first ticket for Indonesia at the tournament.
"Thank you for attending Indonesia's supporters, this is our motivation to give maximum," said Apri after the match.
This is Apri/Fadia's fourth tournament since they were together again starting the Hong Kong Open 2025 last September. In the previous three tournaments, they won one title, namely the BWF Super 100 Indonesia Masters II.
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As for the Hong Kong and Korea Open 2025 events, which are both level Super 500 BWF, their journey ran aground in the second half.
In the second round, Apri / Fadia will face a tough test to meet the third seed hosts, Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto, who won over Chen Su Yu /Yi En Hsieh from China Taipei.
"The day after tomorrow in the round of 16 we met Yuki/Mayu. Of course we have to be ready to get tired first because the Japanese pair is famous for the rally game," said Fadia.
Apri/Fadia are the only women's doubles representatives in this tournament. They took part with Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah, Alwi Farhan, Ni Kadek Dhinda Amartya Pratiwi, and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
The other four representatives will fight for tickets to the second round on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Alwi will play against Takuma Obayashi, Dhinda meets Busanan Ongbamrungphan, Ubaidillah is challenged by Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul, and Gregoria against Hung Yi-Ting.
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