Jonatan Christie And Anthony Ginting To The Second Round Of Malaysia Open 2022

Indonesian men's singles, Jonathan Christie. (PHOTO/INSTAGRAM @jonatanchristieofficial)

JAKARTA — Jonatan Christie's men's singles managed to advance to the second round of the Malaysia Open 2022. He got his ticket after defeating the Indian representative Sameer Verma.

Jonathan had to fight for three games, 21-14, 13-21, and 21-7 on Field 3 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, 28 June 2022. This was Jonathan's second win from four meetings with Verma.

In the round of 16 later, Jonathan will meet the winner of the match Tommy Sugiarto against Kenta Nishimoto. The two of them were fighting when this news was written.

Besides Jonathan, the second round ticket was also obtained by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. The sixth seed also knocked out India's representative, Sai Praneeth B.

Anthony is also likely to be able to fight representatives of Indonesia in the second round if Chico Dwi Aura Wardoyo manages to beat Sitthikom Thammasin. This match was also in progress when this news was published.

Apart from the men's singles, Indonesia has also placed several representatives from other numbers in the second round.

Among them are Rinov Rival/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari mixed doubles and Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.

Then in the women's singles there is Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. In addition, tickets were also obtained for women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.