Badminton News: An up-and-coming Indonesian men’s singles badminton player, Alwi Farhan managed to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Indonesia International Challenge 2023 tournament held at Medan Fishing Sports Hall, North Sumatra.

Occupying the seventh seed, Alwi Farhan managed to defeat Indian player Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar through a tight rubber battle with the score of 19-21, 21-18 and 21-15.

A final ticket for the Indonesia International Challenge 2023 is confirmed as belonging to the host after Saturday (2/9), Alwi Farhan will meet his compatriot at Cipayung National Training Center, Tegar Sulistyo, who in the other quarter match of final didn’t have to sweat any more after senior Tommy Sugiarto decided to retire midway through the opener at 11-5 in favor of Tegar.

Meanwhile, in another match, Khrisna Adi Nugraha qualified for the semi-finals of Indonesia International Challenge 2023 by knocking out former Pelatnas player from PB Djarum, Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay in two fairly easy consecutive matches with a score of 21-12 and 21-18. .

Moreover, in the semi-final, Khrisna Adi Nugraha will try to win a ticket to the supreme match by facing the sixth seed of Sri Lanka, Viren Nettasinghe, who in the previous match managed to bring home the men’s singles of Malaysia, Shahyar Shaqeem in two. back-to-back games that were fairly easy with the score at 21-6 and 21-15.

If Khrisna Adi Nugraha manages to beat Viren Nettasinghe, the men’s singles title of the Indonesia International Challenge 2023 will definitely belong to the Red and Whites as in the final they will face the winner between Alwi Farhan and Tegar Sulistyo.

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