In 2005, Firdasari won the women's singles at theNew Zealand Open. Firdasari played the2007 BWF World Championships in women's singles, and was defeated in the second round byXu Huaiwen of Germany, 21–17, 22–20. She played onSudirman Cup forIndonesia, who finished second toChina in2005 and2007. In the2008 Singapore Super Series, she made a surprise by beating the 1st-seededPi Hongyan of France, 21–16, 20–22, 21–16 in the second round. She played in2008 Denmark Super Series and she beatWang Chen of Hongkong, 21–10 19–21 21–14, in the first round. In the next round, she lost toTine Rasmussen of Denmark in straight sets. In 2009, she played in theKorea Super Series and went through the quarterfinal after beatingSaina Nehwal of India in rubber set. During the2011 SEA Games, she lost toFu Mingtian of Singapore in the finals, 14–21, 21–12, 22–20.[2] At the2012 Summer Olympics she qualified from Group O, before losing toWang Xin in the second round.[3] Firdasari announced her retirement through her Instagram account in December 2015,[1] and in 2016, she started a new career as a coach in Jaya Raya badminton club.[4]
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
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