Riku HATANO beats CHOI JIHOON to move on to the Quarter Finals in the men's singles this POLYTRON Kudus Indonesia Masters 2026

Riku HATANO kept it clean at the POLYTRON Kudus Indonesia Masters 2026, seeing off CHOI JIHOON 23-21 21-17 without dropping a game in the Men's Singles Round of 16.

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23-21 — game 1 was the tightest of the match, settled by just 2 points.

What's Next

Riku HATANO advances to the quarter-finals of the POLYTRON Kudus Indonesia Masters 2026, while CHOI JIHOON's run ends here. Up next for Riku HATANO: the Quarter Finals against DONG Tian Yao — a player winning 72% of 43 recorded matches. Our results ledger has no previous meetings between the two.

Pre-Match AI Scout Analysis

Prior to the encounter, the AI Scout model favored Riku HATANO with a 51% confidence projection on the world-ranking gap between them. The encounter closely reflected the analytical projection.

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