Indonesia Open 2022: Difficult At The Beginning, Jonathan Christie Makes Thailand's Single Lunglai

Jonatan Christie advances to the round of 16 of the Indonesia Open 2022. (Photo: Doc. PBSI)

JAKARTA - The host's men's singles, Jonatan Christie, performed extraordinary against Kantaphon Wangcharoen in the first round of the Indonesia Open 2022, Wednesday, June 15. He qualified for the round of 16 after winning two straight games over the Thai representative.

Jonathan Christie was initially troubled. Players who are familiarly called Jojo are always left behind in points. In fact, he was far behind 10-14.

However, Jojo did not give up. His appearance continued to improve and was able to catch up to a position of 14-14. Even though he was behind again 115-17, Jojo was still able to catch up.

The player from Jakarta then turned in favor of 19-17 and closed the first game with a 22-20 victory.

In the second game, Jojo was even more superior. He didn't give Wangcharoen a chance to develop his game.

Jojo only gave his opponent eight points in this game. He closed the game with a 21-8 win in the second game.

In another match, the pair Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi also qualified for the round of 16. They ended the fierce resistance of the representatives of France, Margot Lambert / Anne Tran.

Leading 21-19 in the first game, the host representative gave up 17-21 in the second game. During the decisive game, they were able to win with a score of 21-15.