JAKARTA The men's singles journey of Alwi Farhan and the women's singles Ni Kadek Dhinda Amartya Pratiwi in the 2025 Kumamoto Masters Japan event must end in the second round.
Alwi was first eliminated from the tournament after losing against Wang Tzu Wei (China Taipei) with a score of 19-21 and 12-21 at the Professional Gymnasium on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
"It's quite unfortunate because the first game could not take advantage of the momentum of the advantage. The opponent changed drastically by increasing the speed which made me panic," said Alwi after the match.
Alwi dominated most of the first game games and won 18-14, but the opponent scored six points in a row to get a set of points. He added one point after that which meant nothing.
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In the second game, Alwi got the first point, but Wang immediately turned 4-1 ahead. After that, Alwi's struggle was very stagnant.
"(This is a valuable lesson for me. Now let's focus on the 2025 Australian Open next week," said the 2023 junior world champion.
Meanwhile, Dhinda returned from the tournament due to losing against the host representatives Asuka Takahashi in the rubber games 21-10, 16-21, and 12-21.
"After coming from here, I have to strengthen my power because at the top level it is not enough to be tenacity. I also have to improve my stamina with this rally style," said Dhinda.
Indonesia has lost a total of three representatives in the second round of this tournament. Previously, this morning the women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti had already returned home.
The defeat of these three representatives makes Indonesia now just have to hope for Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, who went through the second half by defeating Hina Akechi.
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