JAKARTA – Indonesian men's singles Jonatan Christie managed to secure a ticket to the second round of the Swiss Open 2022. He defeated the French representative Thomas Rouxel.
Jojo, Jonathan's nickname, won in straight sets 21-10, 21-15 over Rouxel at St. Jakobshalle, Basel on Wednesday, March 23 in the morning local time or in the afternoon Indonesian time.
The owner of the 2018 Asian Games gold medal appeared dominant in the first set even though he had just recovered from the COVID-19 that infected him at the German Open. He continued to excel and did not give the opponent a chance to take the lead.
"There are one to two days I take a break from training and that makes my physical condition go down a bit. So after playing, I want to try to practice immediately again so that I can get used to my body again for tomorrow's match", said Jonatan after the match in an official statement.
Jonathan then came under pressure in the second set when trailing 4-5. However, he managed to turn things around to make it 11-7 at the interval and continued to lead steadily after that.
Jonathan as the fourth seed will next meet representatives from Malaysia Ng Tze Yong. Tze got the second-round ticket after getting rid of Fabian Roth from Germany.
"In Switzerland, I focus more on improving non-technical factors. How to think, calmly, and mentally so that I can bring out all my abilities on the field. From the technical point of view, everything seems to be ok", said Jojo.
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Jojo also did not deny that the title was his goal in this event. However, he prefers to enjoy one game after another.
"Of course, I want the best but there are a lot of good players here too. I want to focus on one by one first. In the last All England match I wasn't able to enjoy the match so there was a strategy that didn't work. Well, here I want to try to enjoy it more", said.
Meanwhile, mixed doubles Akbar Bintang Cahyono/Marsheilla Gischa Islami had a different fate. This pair had to return from the Swiss Open after losing to representatives of Singapore Hee Yong Kai Terry/Tan Wei Han.
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