Career
Playing with Li Yujia, he defeated Kenya"s Victor Odera and Irene Kerimah, Canada"s Mike Beres and Valerie Loker, and Australia"s Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to English pair Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, with a score of 21–19, 14–21, and 17–21. Saputra also qualified for the mixed doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing thirteenth and granting an entry as one of the top 15 seeded teams from the Badminton World Federation"s ranking list. Playing with Li Yujia for the second time, Saputra lost the preliminary round match to Danish pair and European champions Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl, with a score of 12–21 and 14–21.
The Singaporean pair defeated Northern Ireland"s Matthew Gleave and Tony Stephenson, Isle of Manitoba"s Joshua Green and Matthew Wilkinson, and Scotland"s Watson Briggs and Paul van Rietvelde in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to Malaysian duo Tan Boon Heong and Koo Kien Keat, with a unanimous score of 11–21 and 8–21.