Alwi Farhan stopped in second round of 2025 Asian Championships

Alwi Farhan suffered a defeat against Japanese representative Kenta Nishimoto in the second round of the 2025 Asian Championships held at Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, China.

The Indonesian singles player who is the 2023 junior world champion — faced difficulties dealing with Nishimoto’s game strategy who currently ranks 15th in the world.

At the start of the match, Alwi Farhan fell behind 0-3 — due to three consecutive errors when anticipating net-touched shuttles. The Japanese player implemented long rally patterns with lob shots that troubled his opponent.

Despite gradually catching up points — inaccurate final executions became the main obstacle for the Indonesian representative.