After skipping the season’s first two events on the HSBC BWF World Tour due to injury, home hopes Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti look set to hit the ground running at DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2024.
The world No.9s, seeded second, open their campaign against Debora Jille/Cheryl Seinen at Istora Senayan today.
Meanwhile, several star names, including local favourites Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, men’s singles top seed Kodai Naraoka and Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei, have withdrawn from the tournament.
The following players have been promoted to the main draw as a result.
Men’s singles
- Chia Hao Lee (in place of Naraoka)
- Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Ng Tze Yong)
- Magnus Johannesen (fifth seed Shi Yu Qi)
- Su Li Yang (Kanta Tsuneyama)
Women’s singles
- Gao Fang Jie (top seed Chen)
- Lin Hsiang Yi (third seed Carolina Marin)
- Natsuki Nidaira (second seed Akane Yamaguchi)
Men’s doubles
- Pharanyu Kaosamaang/Worrapol Thongsa-nga (M.R. Arjun/Dhruv Kapila)
- Andreas SØndergaard/Jesper Toft (Kevin Lee/Ty Alexander Lindeman)
- Vinson Chiu/Joshua Yuan (Ahsan/Setiawan)
- Choong Hon Jian/Haikal Muhammad (top seeds Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy)
Women’s doubles
- Sung Shuo Yu/Yu Chien Hui (Anna Ching Yik Cheong/Teoh Mei Xing)
- Jesita Putri Miantoro/Febi Setianingrum (Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu)
- Liu Chiao-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao (seventh seeds Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong)
- Chang Ching Hui/Yang Ching Tun (fifth seeds Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara)
- Paula Lynn Cao Hok/Lauren Lam (top seeds Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida)
Mixed doubles
- Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi (seventh seeds Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra BØje)
- Gregory Mairs/Jenny Mairs (second seeds Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping)
- Adnan Maulana/Nita Violina Marwah (Lindeman/Wu)
- Chan Peng Soon/Cheah Yee See (fifth seeds Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet)
Click here to view the updated draw.
The DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2024 starts tomorrow, with the first qualification round match scheduled at 9am Kuala Lumpur time (UTC +8).
Fun fact: Rahayu won the tournament with Greysia Polii in 2020.