{"id":13362,"date":"2026-06-02T19:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=13362"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:41:35","slug":"former-champions-shown-early-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/former-champions-shown-early-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champions shown early exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Former champions Kidambi Srikanth and Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang were shown the exit in the first round of the Indonesian Open badminton championships at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kidambi, who is the only Indian shuttler ever to win the men\u2019s singles title in 2017, found the going tough against Japan\u2019s Yushi Tanaka. The veteran Indian, who is now ranked 37<sup>th<\/sup>, was beaten 19-21, 15-21 in just 37-minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kidambi, who was a member of the Indian team that made the semi-finals of the recent Thomas Cup, has been struggling on the circuit against much younger players. The 33-year-old has not managed to get further than the second round in any of his previous appearances in the BWF Tour this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tanaka faces top seeded Shi Yuqi of China, who defeated Taiwanese Chi Yu Jen 21-19, 21-19 in his opening match, in the second round. Yuqi is looking to regain the title he won here two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">While Kidambi\u2019s defeat was not all that surprising, the first round exit of the world number five ranked men\u2019s doubles pair of Weikeng-Chang to Taiwanese twins Lee Fang-chih-Lee Fang-jen was not expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The 19<sup>th<\/sup> ranked brothers, who bowed out of the first round in Singapore last week, carved out a 45-minute 21-8, 17-21, 21-17 win over the Chinese pair, who were winners here in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Top seeds Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae of Korea, whose 35 match unbeaten run was ended by India\u2019s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in Singapore last week, rebounded with a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The pair defeated Taiwanese Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-lin 21-18, 21-10 in their opening match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles, top seeds Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping redeemed themselves by beating Malaysian upstarts Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yun 21-19, 21-18. The Chinese pairing had suffered a shock straight set defeat to Jimmy-Su Yin at the same stage at last week\u2019s Singapore Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The championships will see several intriguing opening round matches tomorrow, especially the expected explosive clash between Denmark\u2019s men\u2019s singles defending champion Anders Antonsen and newly crowned Singapore Open champion Alex Lanier of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Antonsen has an enviable record at the iconic Istora, featuring in six finals (Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open), and winning three. But, he will have to be at his against a player, who beat him last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In men\u2019s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, who became the first Indian in almost a century to win in Singapore are up against young Malaysian prodigies Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Also to see action tomorrow is the Denmark\u2019s Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje, who are in red-hot form with two titles in three weeks. They take on Malaysia Masters runners-up Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>FIRST ROUND RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Men\u2019s singles: &nbsp;<\/strong>Jonatan Christie (Ina) bt Jason Teh Jia Heng (Sgp) 21-18, 21-15; Alwi Farhan (Ina) bt Lakshya Sen (Ind) 21-19, 21-16; Panitchapon Teeraratsakul (Tha) bt Lu Guangzu (Chn) 21-12, 23-21; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Chi Yu Jen (Tpe) 21-19, 21-19; Leong Jun Hao (Mas) bt Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) 21-17, 21-17; Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Kenta Nishimoto (Jpn) 21-16, 21-11; Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) bt Kidambi Srikanth (Ind) 21-19, 21-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Men\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae (Kor) bt Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) 21-18, 21-10; Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-Hsuan (Tpe) bt Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin (Ina) &nbsp;21-16, 13-21, 21-19; Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov (Fra) bt Choi Sol-gyu-Goh V Shem (Kor-Mas) 21-18, 21-15; Hariharan Amsakarunan-M.R. Arjun (Ind) bt Azriyn Nur Mohd Azriyn-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) 21-18, 21-10; Lee Fang-chih-Lee Fang-jen (Tpe) bt Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang (Chn) 21-8, 17-21, 21-17; Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin (Mas) bt Wesley Koh Eng Keat-Junsuke Kubo (Sgp) 21-17, 21-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Women\u2019s singles: <\/strong>P.V. Sindhu (Ind) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 25-23, 21-16; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Line Christophersen (Den) 21-15, 19-21, 21-15; Putri Kusuma Wardani (Ina) bt Sung Shuo Yun (Tpe) 21-13, 21-14; Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) bt Malvika Bansod (Ind) 21-12, 21-10; Kim Ga-eun (Kor) bt Riko Gunji (Jpn) 21-8, 11-21, 24-22; Natsuki Nidaira Jpn) bt Hina Akechi (Jpn) 21-12, 21-16; Supanida Katethong (Tha) bt Michelle Li (Can) 22-20, 21-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Women\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Meilysa Trias Puspitasari (Ina) bt Jolly Treesa-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (Ind) 21-14, 21-12; Rachel Allessya Rose-Febi Setianingrum (Ina) bt Isyana Syahira Meida-Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine (Ina) 22-20, 21-17; Hinata Suzuki-Nao Yamakita (Jpn) bt Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci (Tur) 21-16, 21-19; Rin Iwanaga-Nie Nakanishi (Jpn) bt Hsu Yin-hui-Lin Jhih Yun (Tpe) 21-15, 17-21, 21-16; Ririna Hiramoto-Kokona Ishikawa (Jpn) bt Lauren Lam-Allison Quynh Lee (USA) 21-15, 21-18; Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En-Tzu (Tpe) bt Hu Ling Fang-Jheng Yu Chieh (Tpe) 21-9, 21-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Mixed doubles: <\/strong>Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yin (Mas) 21-19, 21-18; Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) bt Ruttanapak Oupthong-Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat (Tha) 18-21, 22-20, 21-11; Adnan Maulana-Indah Cahya Sari Jamil (Ina) bt Julien Maio-Lea Palermo (Fra) 14-21, 21-19, 21-11; Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi (Chn) bt Dejan Ferdiansyah-Bernadine Anindya Wardana (Ina) 21-10, 21-9; Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina Marwah (Ina) bt Presley Smith-Jennis Gai (USA) 21-19, 21-13; Liu Kuang Heng-Hsu Yin-Hui (Tpe) bt Bobby Setiabudi-Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Ina) 21-11, 21-23, 21-19; Guo Xinwa-Chen Fanghui (Chn) bt Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto (Ind) 21-11, 21-10; Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan (Tpe) bt Wu Guanxun-Lee Chia Hsin (Tpe) 21-19, 19-21, 21-16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former champions Kidambi Srikanth and Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang were shown the exit in the first round of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13363,"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-13362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former champions Kidambi Srikanth and Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang were shown the exit in the first round of the Indonesian Open badminton championships at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta. 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