Hong Kong Open 2024: Jonathan To Semifinals

JAKARTA The Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Jonatan Christie, managed to advance to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Open 2024.

He followed two men's doubles after defeating Japan's fifth seed, Kodai Naraoka, in three games 21-16, 12-21, and 21-15 at Hong Kong Coliseum, Friday, September 13, 2024, afternoon WIB.

"It was not an easy match, it was not an easy tournament as a whole, but Praise God I was able to return to the semifinals," said Jonathan after the match.

This is the first tournament of the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist after his failure at the 2024 Paris Olympics in July-August 2024.

While appearing in France, Jonathan scored one win and one loss from two matches. The result made him eliminated early in the group stage.

Jonathan said that the trip in Hong Kong was more satisfying after poor results before and when playing for the 2024 Olympics.

"The results at the 024 Olympics and several previous tournaments have always lost in the early rounds. It is not easy to raise the level of confidence in him anymore, but in the end he is happy to be able to go to this day," said Jojo.

Before Jonathan, Indonesia had secured two semifinal tickets through the men's doubles. Both tickets were obtained by Leo Rolly Carnando/Bagas Maulana and Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Mohammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

Both of them were confirmed to face each other in the last four so that Indonesia automatically had one final ticket in the men's doubles number.