JAKARTA - Badminton player Putri Kusuma Wardani is very ambitious to be able to reach the podium in the 2026 Indonesia Open which will take place in early June.
The BWF Super 1000 level tournament will be held on June 2-7, 2026 at Istora Senayan, Jakarta. Hundreds of elite shuttlers will be present to enliven one of the four largest badminton events.
Putri said that she would prepare herself to the fullest for all aspects in order to meet her personal target at the event which was first held in 1982.
"If the goal is to get the best results. I'm curious because in Indonesia it has never reached the semifinals," said the Tangerang-born badminton player.
Putri admitted that the desire to be able to walk as far as possible in the 2026 Indonesia Open is certainly not an easy matter because she has always had difficulty facing elite players, such as An Se-young, Wang Zhi Yi, Akane Yamaguchi, Cheng Yu Fei, and Han Yue.
The five names currently occupy the top five in the world and Putri also has a record of never winning against all of them. He lost nine times against An, seven against Wang and Yamaguchi, three against Chen, and five against Han.
"For the women's singles, I think the most important thing is consistency on the field. It is very difficult to beat the top one to five players, who must be from the beginning to the end focused and consistent patterns are important," said Putri.
So far, the best journey of the Princess in the Indonesia Open is to reach the quarterfinals in last year's edition. At that time, his step was stopped by former world number one Akane Yamaguchi from Japan.
Yamaguchi also defeated him in the second round at the 2023 edition. The following year, he immediately went home in the first round after losing to fellow countryman Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
Indonesian women's singles have long been fasting for a title at the Indonesia Open. Ellen Angelina was the last representative to climb the highest podium in that number in 2001 or more than two decades.
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