Indonesia\u2019s former world junior champion Alwi Farhan stunned top seeded Li Shifeng to qualify for the men\u2019s singles final at the Swiss Open badminton championships in St. Jakobshalle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will take on Japan\u2019s Yushi Tanaka, who stopped another Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-year-old Alwi, who won the Indonesian Masters earlier this year, defeated Shifeng 21-10, 21-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reigning SEA Games champion was in total control of the first game, leading 8-3, 11-4 before Shifeng whittled down the score to 13-9. But, Alwi\u2019s aggressive smashing game saw him asserting his authority and take the game 21-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second game saw Alwi maintaining his form, leading 11-5 at the interval and stretching it to 16-6. Shifeng was suddenly making all the right moves as he reeled off 10 unanswered point to draw level at 16-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match was suddenly tighter than expected but Alwi was on top again to retake the lead and held match point at 20-18. Shifeng saved one match point but could not stop Alwi from a well-deserved final appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Ginting, looking to rebuild his career, was beaten 17-21, 12-21 by Tanaka. The Indonesian, who struggled all through 2025 and whose comeback was derailed by a back injury in January, had to come through the qualifying draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the women\u2019s singles, 2025 world bronze medallist and No.1 seed Putri Kusuma Wardani took 39 minutes to defeat Japan\u2019s Nozomi Okuhara 21-16, 21-13 and book her place in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She will play Thailand\u2019s Supanida Katethong in the final after beating Lin Hsiang Ti of Taiwan 14-21, 21-18, 23-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a back-and-forth start to the opening game, at 4-4, the top-seeded 23-year-old Putri then went on an eight-point run for a commanding 12-4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nozomi, an Olympic bronze medallist fromRio 2016, responded with six straight points to cut the deficit to 16\u201311, before narrowing it further to 17\u201313.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But any hopes of the Japanese shuttler further reeling in Wardani were shut down, with the Indonesian able to close out the opener 21\u201316.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second game proved a much tighter affair, with neither player able to generate any significant advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 13-13, however, Wardani eventually broke the deadlock, generating nine unanswered points, to clinch the game 21-13, and the match, 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) bt Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Ina) 21-17, 21-12; bt Alwi Farhan (Ina) bt Li Shifeng (Chn) 21-10, 21-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) bt Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul (Tha) 21-18, 21-13; Lee Fang-Chih-Lee Fang-Jen (Tpe) bt Christian Faust Kjaer-Rasmus Kjaer (Den) 16-21, 21-13, 23-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Putri Kusuma Wardani (Ina) bt Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) 21-16, 21-13; Supanida Katethong (Tha) bt Lin Hsiang Ti (Tpe) 14-21, 21-18, 23-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian (Chn) bt Bao Lijing-Luo Xumin (Chn) 21-16, 21-10; Li Yijing-Wang Yiduo (Chn) bt Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva (Bul) 15-21, 23-21, 21-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mixed doubles: <\/strong>Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi (Chn) bt Amri Syahnawi-Nota Violina Marwah (Ina) 14-21, 21-15, 21-13; Zhu Yijun-Li Qian (Chn) bt Gao Jiaxuan-Wu Mengying (Chn) 21-14, 21-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indonesia\u2019s former world junior champion Alwi Farhan stunned top seeded Li Shifeng to qualify for the men\u2019s singles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-10590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t