Indonesia Open: ‘Ikkyu’ in First Super 1000 Semifinal
Panitchaphon 'Ikkyu' Teeraratsakul’s memorable season continued to blossom, with the Thai making his first HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 semifinal at the POLYTRON Indonesia Open 2026.
· DEV SUKUMAR
The world No.22 has had a breakout year on the World Tour, starting with a runner-up place at the Indonesia Masters at the Istora. Two more finals followed.
On Friday the left-hander outplayed Singapore Open champion Alex Lanier -- another player in red-hot form -- after a mid-match slump.
“It’s so hard to play in those conditions, so hard to lift, and I think it fits extremely well to his game,” said Lanier. “Today I made too many mistakes, I made too many enforced errors and I think also tactically I didn't play the way I wanted. I knew what to do, but I was not able to do it, and sometimes that's how it is.