Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (born 3 March 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player who affiliate with Djarum club.[2][3] He won four consecutives Indonesia International tournament, two times at the USM International in Semarang,[4][5] and two times at the Victor International in Surabaya.[6] Rhustavito was part of the Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.[7]
Rhustavito started the 2023 season with unsatisfactory results. In the first three tournaments in January, he lost in the first round at the Malaysia,[8] and India Opens,[9] and then in the second round of the Indonesia Masters.[10] This continued on the Europe tour in March, where he also failed in the first round of the All England and Swiss Opens.[11][12] Rhustavito is scheduled to compete at the SEA Games. However, his participation was cancelled due to left calf injury he suffered during training.[13]
Rhustavito made his comeback after injury by competing in the Australian Open. However, he again not been able to go any further, stopped in the second round to Weng Hongyang in straight games.[14] He then reached the quarter-finals in the China Open, but then had to withdraw from the next tournament in Hong Kong, due to a recurrence of his calf injury.[15] Rhustavito was then made his debut at the Asian Games in Hangzhou,[16] but the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[17] Due to his non-participation and the poor results he achieved in several tournaments in 2023, Rhustavito, who was once ranked 17th in the world, had to drop his ranking to 36th in the BWF ranking release on 10 October 2023.[18] In the next tournament he participated in, he was eliminated in the first and two rounds in the Arctic Open in October and Korea Masters in November.[19][20]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[22] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[23]
^Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.