In the tournament that will be held from 3 to 8 July 2018 in Istora Senayan, Jakarta, several Indonesian players are set to see a bold challenge on the first round of the tournament.
Indonesian men’s singles ace, Jonatan Christie who currently sits on world’s 14 th rank are set to see formidable hurdles on his first match where the No. 1 seeds from Denmark, Viktor Axelsen, awaits him on the first round of the tournament.
Both players have previously met on Malaysia Masters 2018. On that occasion, Axelsen managed to beat Jonatan on a three-game match 21-15, 19-21 and 21-12. Should Jonatan succeed in beating Axelsen, Jonatan will see either Rasmus Gemke (Denmark) or Sameer Verma (India).
Below is the complete draw for all Indonesian athletes on the first round of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018 :
- Men’s singles :
- Jonatan Christie vs Viktor Axelsen (1) [DEN]
- Tommy Sugiarto vs Khosit Phetpradab [THA]
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Mark Caljouw [NED]
- Women’s singles :
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung vs Lee Chia Hsin [TPE]
- Fitriani vs Ratchanok Intanon (4) [THA]
- Dinar Dyah Ayustine vs Saina Nehwal [IND]
- Men’s doubles :
- Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (1) vs Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan
- Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pangkaryanira/Ade Yusuf Santoso vs Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi [MAS]
- Angga Pratama/Ricky Karandasuwardi vs He Jiting/Tan Qiang [CHN]
- Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (6) [JPN]
- Berry Angriawan/Hardianto vs Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong [CHN]
- Women’s doubles :
- Keshya Nurvita Hanadia/Devi Tika Permatasari vs Chow Mei Kuan/Lee Meng Yan [MAS]
- Rosyita Eka Putri Sari/Meirisa Cindy Sahputri vs Dian Fitriani/Nadya Melati
- Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti/Agatha Imanuela vs Jakkampudi Meghana/Poorvisha S Ram [IND]
- Tania Oktaviani Kusumah/Vania Arianti Sukoco vs Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (5) [JPN]
- Anggia Shitta Awanda/Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadet/Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah
- Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (7) vs Maiken Fruergaard/Sara Thygesen [DEN]
- Yulfira Barkah/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari vs Vivian Hoo/Yap Cheng Wen [MAS]
- Della Destiara Haris/Rizki Amelia Pradipta vs Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (2) [JPN]
- Mixed doubles :
- Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (1) vs Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing [MAS]
- Yantoni Edi Saputra/Marsheilla Gischa Islami vs Yugo Kobayashi/Misaki Matsutomo [JPN]
- Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti vs Lee Chun Hei Reginald/Chau Hoi Wah [HKG]
- Ricky Karandasuwardi/Debby Susanto vs He Jiting/Du Yue [CHN]
- Hafiz Faizal/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja vs Ronan Labar/Audrey Fontaine [FRA]
- Riky Widianto/Masita Mahmudin vs Wang Chi-Lin/Lee Chia Hsin [TPE]
- Ronald/Annisa Saufika vs Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Alexander Boje [DEN]