Hong Kong Open 2024: Women's Impressive Appearance KW Continues

Women's singles badminton player Putri Kusuma Wardani (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA The women's singles badminton player Putri Kusuma Wardani continued her impressive performance in her second tournament this month by reaching the second round at the Hong Kong Open 2024.

The 22-year-old athlete got a ticket to the second half after defeating China Taipei's representative, Sung Shuo Yun, in a two-game 21-18 and 21-12 match at Hong Kong Coliseum on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, afternoon WIB.

Putri previously got good results at the China Taipei Open 2024 last week. In that tournament, she reached the final round and then finished runner-up after losing against South Korean representative Sim Yu-jin.

"The results at the China Taipei Open 2024 last week were quite influential on my performance today. I became more confident," said Putri in a statement received from PBSI.

The victory above made Putri equal to the record-winning loss to Sung to 2-2. Prior to this clash, Putri was recorded to have lost twice in a row after she won their first clash at the 2018 Bangka Belitung Masters.

The two consecutive defeats suffered by Putri each occurred at last year's Asian Championships and this year. Both also occurred in the first round of the tournament.

"Today I am more daring to attack because in terms of field, I cannot play rallies," said Putri.

Prior to the results obtained by Putri, Indonesia had already secured one second round ticket through the women's singles Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi, who won over Tanya Hemanth from India.

The women's singles have a total of three representatives in this Super 500 BWF level event. The other is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.