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JAKARTA - Putri Kusumawardani managed to advance to the last 16 of the Indonesia Masters 2023. However, Putri KW had to struggle through three tense games.

In the match at Istora Senayan, Wednesday, January 25 afternoon, Putri KW even had to appear for 88 minutes to ensure victory. She fought hard to finish three games with a final score of 17-21 25-23, 21-23.

In the first game, Putri KW underwent the game without a hitch. She made the advantages in early points and continued until the initial interval became hers with a score of 11-10. After the break, Putri continued the good trend until finally winning 21-17.

The women's singles journey, the Indonesian representative, just felt steep in the second game. He got tight resistance from Aya Ohori. Seen from the score in the second interval which was quite thin 11-10.

After the second break, the competition was getting tighter, Putri KW and Aya only had a thin difference. The match also went a long way because of the fierce rally that took place, but then Putri fell behind with a score of 23-25.

A draw forced the match to proceed to the game ruber to determine the winner. At this moment the tension did not decrease, even though she had the lead at the beginning of the point, Putri was actually left at the interval with a score of 11-9.

After the third break, Putri tried to turn things around and this moment could only be realized before the final points. Putri managed to return the long ball attacks perfectly until she finally won 23-21.

Set kedua dan ketiga itu memang berat, bahkan yang ketiga saya sudah pasrah. Tapi diingatkan lagi sama coach untuk semangat dan usaha, saya sebenarnya enggak mau melakukan tapi Alhamdulillah dengan fokus akhirnya saya menang, kata Putri KW usai laga.

Meanwhile, the success of Putri KW in this round was also followed by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. Women's singles who appeared against representatives of Taiwan, Sung Shuo-yun also fought in three games to win 12-21, 21-18 and 21-11 in 63 minutes.


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