2022 World Championship Quarterfinals: Already Leading 20-15 In The Decisive Game, Jonathan Christie Precisely Aground In The Hands Of Chou Tien Chen

JAKARTA - Indonesia's men's singles, Jonatan Christie, failed to reach the semifinals of the 2022 BWF World Championship. He suffered a dramatic defeat against Chinese Taipei representative Chou Tien Chen.

The 24-year-old badminton player was forced to his knees in the match for 69 minutes. The match ended with a score of 21-14, 11-21, and 20-22 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Japan, on Friday, August 26.

Jonathan's most dramatic match was in the third game. Victory was in sight when he led 20-15.

Unfortunately, Chou Tien Chen's seven consecutive points after that made his step to the semifinals have to be delayed.

This is the losing streak that Jonathan suffered in this year's meeting with Chou Tien Chen. Previously, he lost at the All England in March.

Jonantan became the first representative of Indonesia who failed to reach the semifinals of the three representatives who had already played in the quarter-finals.

Previously, Indonesia had two men's doubles representatives who qualified for the semifinals of this event, namely Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

Indonesia can still add representatives in the semifinals if Anthony Sinisuka Ginting can win over Viktor Axelsen. Neither of them had played at the time this news was written.