Failed To The Second Round Of Indonesia Masters 2022, Jonathan Christie: I'm Too Late To Change Strategy

Indonesian men's singles Jonatan Christie failed to secure a ticket to the last 16 of the Indonesia Masters 2022 (Cosmas Kopong Beda/VOI)

JAKARTA — Indonesian men's singles Jonatan Christie failed to secure a ticket to the last 16 of the 2022 Indonesia Masters. His steps stopped after losing to Chinese representative Zhao Jun Peng.

Jojo, as Jonatan is known, defeated the rubber games 21-10, 14-21, and 11-21 at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday, June 8. He is the second representative of Indonesia's men's singles which ran aground in the first round.

"Yes, in the first set the strategy was good and precise, but in the second set may be the enemy had read my game. So I was too late to change my strategy. Besides that, I made many mistakes", said Jonatan after the match.

From the beginning of the first game, Jonathan was immediately met with stiff resistance from Zhao Jun Peng. However, after the position was tied, 6-6, Jojo began to press his opponent and could win the game.

In the second game, the match was also tight. Jojo had taken an 8-5 lead, but his opponent scored three straight points to identify the score and continued to lead to win the second game.

In the game of determination, Jojo and his opponent produced twin numbers in the first ten points, namely 1-1, 3-3, and 5-5. However, after that, Jonathan continued to fall behind until the match was over.

"After that, he played more confident and calmer. He controlled the game whereas I was the opposite", said Jonathan.

This is Jonathan's fourth meeting with Zhao Jun Peng. In the previous three meetings, Jojo has won twice and lost once.

The two victories were respectively obtained by the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist in the round of 32 of the 2018 New Zealand Open and the quarter-finals of the Korea Open in the same year.

Meanwhile, Jojo's only defeat against Zhao occurred at the junior level. The defeat occurred in the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Junior Championship.

Apart from Jojo, Tommy Sugiarto's men's singles also failed in the first round of the BWF Super 500 tournament. So far, only Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo has qualified for the round of 16.

Indonesia can add representatives in the second round if Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito can win over their opponents.