JAKARTA - The women's doubles journey of Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Meilysa Trias Puspitasari at the 2026 Malaysia Open stopped in the quarterfinals. They lost to the sixth seed from South Korea, Lee So-hee/Baek Ha-na.
Febriana/Meilysa, who are not seeded in the tournament, forced the pair of BWF World Tour Finals 2025 winners to play for 86 minutes which ended with a score of 21-13, 19-21, and 13-21 on Friday, January 9, 2026.
"Today we played very much, all the energy was used up. What has been trained has also been released," said Febriana as in the statement received.
The latest results make the record of never winning Febriana/Meilysa over the South Korean pair extend. Their only competitive clash before was at the Denmark Open last year, also ending in three games.
Febriana/Meilysa actually managed to make a surprise in the second round by defeating the second seeded hosts, Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, to avenge their heartache in the 2025 SEA Games final last month.
"In this first 2026 tournament, it opened quite well because we had an improvement. However, there is still a lot to improve. What is still lacking in training and improving what is already good," said Febriana.
Indonesia has five representatives in the quarter-finals of this BWF Super 1000-level tournament. The remaining four representatives will fight after this to continue their journey to the semifinals.
They are the men's singles Jonatan Christie, the women's singles Putri Kusuma Wardani and the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Sabar Karyaman Gutama Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.
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