JAKARTA Alwi Farhan beat Nhat Nguyen to qualify for the quarter-finals of the French Open 2025, which is the first eight tickets for Indonesia.
The 2023 junior world champion was forced to fight in three games against the representative of Ireland which ended with scores 16-21, 21-12, and 21-17 on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
"Alhamdulillah, I am grateful to be able to win today's match," said Alwi after a 67-minute match.
Alwi actually controlled the start of the first game and then narrowly led a point in the interval. He was also 16-13 ahead, but lost eight points afterwards.
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In the second and third games, Alwi appeared dominant in controlling the duel. The draw only happened once in the second game, while in the third game he led from start to finish.
"Earlier I was able to control the way of thinking on the field. I can overcome difficulties in the field and at the end of the match when the opponent starts to catch up, I can quickly change the game," said Alwi.
Alwi previously went through the first half thanks to a win over host Alex Lanier's seventh seed.
"beating Alex yesterday certainly adds confidence, but there must still be control. It shouldn't be too passionate, it can't be too detrimental, let go of focus," he said.
Unfortunately, Alwi's move failed to be followed by Jonatan Christie. He lost against Koki Watanabe, who ended Jonathan's impressive performance with 11 wins to win the Korea Open and Denmark Open 2025.
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