Badminton News: After the Malaysia Open World Tour Super 1000 and the India Open World Tour Super 750, the Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2023 will be the third tournament of the first Asian Tour this year.

The BWF Super 500 tournament will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia from today until Sunday, January 29. The best players from all over the world are preparing for the Super 500 tournament which offers a total prize pool of 420,000 USD or approximately 6.5 billion rupees.

Viktor Axelsen, winner of last year’s edition of the Indonesian Masters, has decided to retire after two weeks of intense competition. The Dane won the Malaysian Open and was runner-up for the 2023 Indian Open but not ready for the third time: “(…) my body is not ready for another week of competition”, shared Axelsen in a post on Twitter.

On the other hand, Anders Antonsen shared his excitement to come back to play at Indonesia Masters, after an injury: “I play for the first time at Istora Senayan since 2020. Glad to be back,” Antonsen wrote. in his Instagram story.

At the start of the qualifying round, five European doubles pairs will already play the main round, in the round of 16.

In men’s doubles, Ruben Jille and Ties Van Der Lecq (Netherlands) will face Sabar Gutama and Moh Reza Isfahani (Indonesia). After the Dutch duo, Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen were the next Europeans to play. Denmark are seeded sixth and will face Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang of China.

Debora Jille/ Cheryl Seinen, Lucas Corvee/ Ronan Labar and Margot Lambert/ Anne Tran will also compete later.

During the week, more high-level players will have the opportunity to develop. Carolina Marín is the seventh seed in women’s singles and will face Wen Chi Hsu in the first round.

Mark Lamsfuss/ Isabel Lohau, Thom Gicquel/ Delphine Delrue, Robin Tabeling/ Selena Piek and Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva complete the list of the best European players at the 2023 Indonesia Masters.

Article tags: Indonesia Masters 2023, Istora Senayan Jakarta

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