The battle between two former women\u2019s singles world champions came to an abrupt end at the Indonesian Masters badminton championships in Jakarta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan\u2019s Nozomi Okuhara was the beneficiary in her quarter-final match after Thailand\u2019s Ratchanak Intanon retired injured. The two players, looking to regain their dominance were tied at a game-all with Okuhara levelling the match after losing the first game 15-21, 22-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An injured Ratchanok was unable to continue, giving Okuhara a semi-final berth, where she will be up against former Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yufei defeated India\u2019s P.V. Sindhu 21-13, 21-17 in a semi-final match that saw the Indian players being red-carded. Trailing 12-17 in the second game, Sindhu was unhappy with the line calls and her vehement protests against the chair umpire saw her getting the yellow card and in quick succession a red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other semi-finals will see two unheralded players \u2013 Malaysia\u2019s Letshanaa Karupathevan taking on Thailand\u2019s Opatniputh Pitchamon. The Thai lass came back from a game down to defeat Vietnam\u2019s Nguyen Thuy Linh 18-21, 26-24, 21-12 while Letshanaa picked up a comfortable 21-17, 21-18 win over Taiwanese shuttler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Letshanaa is the first Malaysian women in three years to make a semi-final of a BWF 500 series event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singapore\u2019s Loh Kean Yew will be the most prominent player to make the semi-final cut. The sixth seed packed off Taiwanese veteran Chou Tien Chen 21-13, 21-18 in his quarter-final tie and will play Thailand\u2019s Teeraratsakul Panitchaphon next. Teeraratsakul edged out India\u2019s Lakshya Sen 21-18, 22-20 in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other semi-finals will see Indonesia\u2019s Alwi Farhan taking on Taiwanese Chi Yujen. Yujen gunned down Singapore\u2019s Jason The 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 while Alwi defeated Japan\u2019s Yushi Tanaka 22-20, 21-16 in their respective quarter-final ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men\u2019s doubles saw both the second and third seeded pairs being shown the exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unseeded youngsters Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin upstaged their more illustrious Indonesian teammates Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri, the second seeds 18-21 , 21-19, 21-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third seeds Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun ran out of steam against their Indonesian rivals Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the men\u2019s doubles quarter-finals. The Indonesian fifth seeds won 22-20, 21-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s Singles: <\/strong>Loh Kean Yew (Sgp) bt Chou Tien Chen (Tpe) 21-13, 21-18; Chi Yujen (Tpe) bt Jason Teh Jia Heng (Sgp) 21-18, 13-21, 21-13; Alwi Farhan (Ina) bt Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) 22-20, 21-16; Teeraratsakul Panitchaphon (Tha) bt Lakshya Sen (Ind) 21-18, 22-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s Doubles: <\/strong>Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) bt Choi Solgyu-Goh V Shem (Kor-Mas) 15-21, 22-20, 21-14; Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Ina) bt Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun (Mas) 22-20, 21-19; Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin (Mas) bt Song Hyun-cho-Lee Jongmin (Kor) 21-17, 21-13; Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin (Ina) bt Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (Ina) 18-21, 21-19, 21-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Singles: <\/strong>Opatniputh Pitchamon (Tha) bt Nguyen Thuy Linh (Vie) 18-21, 26-24, 21-12; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt P.V. Sindhu (Ind) 21-13, 21-17; Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) bt Ratchanak Intanon (Tha) 15-21, 22-20 rtd; Letshanaa Karupathevan (Mas) bt Huang Yu-hsun (Tpe) 21-17, 21-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Doubles: <\/strong>Arisa Igarashi-Miyu Takahashi (Jpn) bt Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Ina) 16-21, 21-11, 21-14; Mayasari Lanny Tria-Apriyani Rahayu (Ina) bt Hsu Yaching-Sung Yu-hsuan (Kor) 21-23, 21-18, 21-19; Rachel Allessya Rose-Febi Setianingrum (Ina) bt Luo Xumin-Wang Yidao (Chn) 18-21, 21-16, 21-10; Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan (Mas) bt Kim Yujung-Lee Yulim (Kor) 21-15, 21-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mixed Doubles: <\/strong>Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu (Ina) bt Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (Fra) 13-21, 22-20, 21-16; Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje (Den) bt Guo Xinwa-Chen Fanghui (Chn) 21-18, 21-14; Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Adnan Maulana-Indah Cahya Sari Jamil (Ina) 22-20, 14-21, 21-19; Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (Mas) bt Terry Hee Yong Kai-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (Sgp-Ina) 21-16, 21-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The battle between two former women\u2019s singles world champions came to an abrupt end at the Indonesian Masters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8301,"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-8300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw-.jpg",1280,876,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--300x205.jpg",300,205,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--768x526.jpg",640,438,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--1024x701.jpg",640,438,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw-.jpg",1280,876,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw-.jpg",1280,876,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw--590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Okuhara_Nozomi-by-By-Tony2803.tw-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8302,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300\/revisions\/8302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}