2024 Olympics: Ginting Eliminated, Men's Singles Run Out
JAKARTA The Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, was eliminated from the Paris 2024 Olympic group stage.
The dream of the runner-up for All England 2024 disappeared after he dramatically lost the rubber games 19-21, 21-17, and 15-21 in the last match of Group H against the host representatives, Toma Junior Popov, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, evening.
This victory automatically led Popov to win the group as well as win tickets to the last 16 of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On the other hand, the defeat of the bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics made the Indonesian men's singles in Paris 2024 run out.
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Previously, Jonatan Christie's men's singles had already lifted the suitcase after losing in the group's last match against Lakshya Sen.
Ginting's defeat also extended the list of Indonesian representatives returning from Paris. This badminton player from West Java is the fourth representative to fall.
In addition to the two men's singles, Indonesia also lost women's doubles representative Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and mixed doubles Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.
Meanwhile, the other two representatives who survived were the women's singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.