Ana and Trias beat Japanese pair to reach Kumamoto quarter-finals
The eighth-seeded Indonesians will meet Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi after winning their last-16 match in straight games.
A 21-17, 21-11 win over Japan’s Mio Konegawa and An Uesugi sent Indonesia’s Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari into the Kumamoto Masters quarter-finals on 12 November. The Indonesian pair are seeded eighth at the BWF Super 500 event.
Ana and Trias, who hold the BWF’s number 10 ranking, had to overturn an early deficit against their unseeded opponents. After falling behind 1-4, they levelled the opening game at 6-6 and went on to lead 11-8 at the interval. They stretched that advantage to 14-8 before taking the game 21-17.
The second game began with a 4-0 lead for the Indonesians. They moved to 7-2 and reached the break 11-5 ahead, later pulling clear at 19-8. Konegawa and Uesugi added points before Ana and Trias closed out the match.
Another Japanese duo, Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi, await them in the quarter-finals. Fellow Indonesians Moh Zaki Ubaidillah and Alwi Farhan had already qualified for that round.
