Indonesian favourites Putri Kusuma Wardani and Alwi Farhan were both beaten in the finals of the Swiss Open badminton championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top seeded Putri was beaten 12-21, 15-21 in a 40-minute women\u2019s singles final seventh seed Supanida Katethong of Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unseeded Japanese Yushi Tanaka stepped up against sixth seeded Alwi, emerging 21-18, 21-12 in the 43-minute men\u2019s singles final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putri, despite taking a 3-1 lead in the first game, came undone by her Thai rival, who picked up 10 unanswered points to take a 11-3 lead at the interval. Her rival piled on the pressure to take the first game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a much closer second game, with both players tied at 9-9 and 11 only to see numerous unforced errors giving the advantage back to Supanida. Supanida reclaimed the lead and romped home 21-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victory was Supanida\u2019s best results this year. Her previous best this season was making the quarter-finals of the Thailand Master earlier this year. It was also her first Tour title since beating China\u2019s Han Yue for the Thailand Open title two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match between Alwi and Yushu was tight in the opening stages with both players tied at 10-10 before Tanaka taking the lead at the interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alwi, the 2023 World Junior Champion, fought back to take the lead to 14-12 and the it was point for point battle with the duo tied at 15-15 and 18-18 before Tanaka\u2019s solid attacking game prevailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second was virtually a one-way traffic with Tanaka leading by as much as seven points, leading 16-9 before completing a well deserved 21-12 win over the SEA Games champion, and with it the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Tanaka\u2019s first Tour title since claiming a brace in 2024, winning the Orleans Open and US Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FINAL RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) bt Alwi Farhan (Ina) 21-18, 21-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Lee Fang-Chih-Lee Fang-Jen (Tpe) bt Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) 21-18, 21-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Supanida Katethong (Tha) bt Putri Kusuma Wardani (Ina) 21-11, 21-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Li Yijing-Wang Yiduo (Chn) bt Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian (Chn) 21-10, 22-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mixed doubles: <\/strong>Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi (Chn) bt Zhu Yijun-Li Qian (Chn) 2-22, 21-15, 22-20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indonesian favourites Putri Kusuma Wardani and Alwi Farhan were both beaten in the finals of the Swiss Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10626,"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-10625","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