JAKARTA - The men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto secured tickets for the last eight of the Japan Open 2023 without the need to play the second round of matches.

The world number one certainty reached the last eight of the BWF Super 750 event after their opponents from Denmark Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen resigned.

In the quarter-finals, the world number one pair will face the winner of Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan against Korean pair Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae.

Apart from Fajar/Rian and Hendra/Ahsan, Indonesia still has six representatives who will fight for the quarter-finals today. Two of them are the men's singles Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Jonatan Christie.

Chico will play against first seed Viktor Axelsen, while Jonathan, who is the fifth seed to face China's singles Weng Hong Yang.

The other four representatives are Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi, Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri, and Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

Gregoria and Febriana/Amalia will meet representatives of Chinese Taipei. Gregoria will meet Sung Shuo Yun, while Febriana/Amalia clash with Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun.

Then Bagas/Fikri faced representatives of Malaysia, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, and Dejan/Gloria clashed with representatives of Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai.


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