BWF World Tour Finals 2023 Results: Against Kodai Naraoka, Anthony Ginting Wins Dramatically

JAKARTA - The Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Anthony Ginting, managed to secure a dramatic victory from Kodai Naraoka. Ginting won after passing three fierce games.

In the inaugural BWF World Tour Finals 2023 match in Hangzhou, Wednesday, December 13, 2023, afternoon WIB, Ginting won with a score of 21-10, 10-21, and 21-18. Tight competition was felt at the beginning of the first game.

This is shown from the twin score when the points touched 4-4 which left Ginting behind. At the first interval, the Indonesian men's singles trailed 7-11 from Naraoka.

After the interval, the match situation did not change much. Ginting was even more lagging behind Naraoka who appeared with a strong defense. The Japanese single took the first game with a score of 21-10.

Continued in the second game, Ginting was able to put up a good fight from the start by winning seven points in a row. After that moment, Naraoka began to show improvement in appearance.

However, Ginting tried to keep the difference in points well. Ginting closed the second game interval with an 11-5 advantage.

After the interval, Ginting continued to maintain control of the game with him. Ginting was 13-5 ahead and continued to 15-8.

The Indonesian single then reached the game point at 20-10 and closed it with a 21-10 victory after successfully raising Naraoka's blow.

With that draw, the match must continue to the rubber set. At the beginning of this determination round Ginting was behind 1-4 from the Japanese representative.

However, he tried to get closer to 6-9. Ginting's points were stopped. The Naraoka blow that Ginting failed to return left him 8-10 behind.

Naraoka finally closed the interval with an 11-9 advantage after Ginting hit the net.

The situation became even more tense after the third interval was over. The difference in numbers went four points at 14-10 for Naraoka.

This situation made Ginting continue to try to continue the pressure. The successive pressure on Naraoka made the score 16-17 and drew 17-17.

After that Ginting's attack continued to make it difficult for Naraoka to deploy the shuttlecock. The Indonesian representative then turned around to lead 18-17 and continued until he won 21-18 in the deciding game.