Putri KW Joins Controversial ‘Hell’ Group

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Drawing process BWF World Tour Finals 2025 has been completed. The wrong result is, Princess Kusuma Wardani which falls into the “hell” group.

In the drawing process which was held on Saturday (13/12/2025), Putri was in Group A with An Se Young, who was seeded first. In the same group there are Akane Yamaguchi and Tomoka Miyazaki.

Against Akane, Putri has not yet won against the Japanese representative. A total of six tournaments. Meanwhile with An Se Young it is also quite difficult.

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An Se Young often dominates women’s games. Their last meeting was at the 2025 Australian Open. At that time, the player from Pamulang lost in two straight games to the 2024 Olympic gold medalist with a score of 16-21, 14-21.

Women also have to be wary of Tomoka Miyazaki, who is the 2022 world junior champion. She also just won the 2025 Taipei Open tournament.

Men’s doubles also faced tough struggles, both Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani. Even though they are in separate groups, the opponents they face are the world’s top pairs who are full of experience and achievements.

For example, Kim Won Ho/Seo Seung Jae and Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee who are in Group A with Sabar/Reza. Kim/Seo are world champions in 2025.

Meanwhile, Fajar/Rian with Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (2022 world champion), Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang.

BWF World Tour Finals 2025 will take place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, China, from 17-21 December 2025.

BWF World Tour Finals 2025 Drawing Results

Women’s Singles

  • Group A: An Se Young, Akane Yamaguchi, Putri Kusuma Wardani, Tomoka Miyazaki
  • Group B: Psalms of Persu, Hans, Kindom, U.

Men’s Singles

  • Grup A: Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Anders Antonsen, Christo Popov, Jonathan Christie
  • Grup B: Li Shi Feng, Chou Tien Chen, Shi Yu Qi, Kodai Naraoka

Men’s Doubles

  • Group
  • Grup B: Aaron and Aaron, Satwiksaiaraj Rankieddy/Chirad, Alfar, Alfar/Muhammad Shhibul Fik

Women’s Doubles

  • Grup A: Pearly Tan/Thinaah’s Muralitharan, Jia Yi Fan/Zhang Shu Xian, Yuki Fukushima, Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi
  • Grup B: You’re a Jong Hee Yong, You’re/Tan Ning, I’m Not Afraid.

Mixed Doubles

  • Grup A: Dechapol Puavanukroh/Supissara Paewsampran, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin, Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue, Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito
  • Group B: Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei, Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie, Jafar Hidayatullah/Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu

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Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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