JAKARTA - Indonesia still has eight representatives who will fight in the first round of the 2026 Malaysia Open after Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu who opened the fight had to be eliminated early.
The second day's match at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, will start at 09.00 local time or 08.00 WIB. Indonesia is confirmed to have one ticket for the second round of the BWF Super 1000 level event.
The certainty is because the men's doubles Raymond Indra/Nikolaus Joaquin and Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani face each other. Both pairs will open the Indonesian representative's fight on the second day of the tournament. They will compete in the fourth match on Court 3.
After that, it was the turn of the women's doubles Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri to act.
Febriana/Meilysa met with Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela from India, while Fajar/Fikri will face the Chinese Taipei pair, namely Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee.
The next match featured the action of the mixed doubles of Marwan Faza/Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata. They met Julien Maio/Lea Palermo from France.
The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie then fell after him. The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and fourth seed met Lee Chia Hao (China Taipei).
The Indonesian representative's fight was then closed with the performance of Alwi Farhan and Putri Kusuma Wardani. Alwi will get a tough test against the seventh seed Alex Lanier (France), while Putri meets Manami Suizu (Japan).
Meanwhile, today Indonesia has lost the mixed doubles Jafar/Felisha. The pair was eliminated after being defeated by Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia).
Indonesian Vice Schedule at Malaysia Open 2026
Field 1
Match 5: Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Meilysa Trias Puspitasari vs Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (India)Field 2
Match 5: Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri vs Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee (China Taipei)Field 3
Match 4: Raymond Indra/Nikolaus Joaquin vs Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Indonesia)The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
