"Players from rank 5-30 are all equal, it's a matter of readiness," he said. But it turned out that Japan's Sho Sasaki, who became his main round challenge was too tough for Alamsyah, therefore, had better readiness.

As a result, Alamsyah who managed to qualify from the qualifying round after stunning Hongkong's Wong Wing Ki and India's HS Prannoy, couldn't do much to handle the left handed Sho Sasaki with two straight sets 21-16 and 21-18.

In the 44 minutet, Sho Sasaki demonstrated his superiority, and left Alamsyah frustrated since Sho Sasaki always managed to handle Alamsyah's shots. Sho Sasaki aggression made Alamsyah struggle hard.