Jonathan Christie Tembus Quarterfinals Denmark Open 2022, Bagas/Fikri Tumbang

Indonesian men's singles, Jonatan Christie. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie successfully defeated Hong Kong representative Lee Cheuk Yiu in the round of 16 of the Denmark Open 2022, Thursday, October 20.

The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist passed a dramatic rubber game 17-21, 21-9, and 21-19 at the Jyske Bank Arena to reach the quarter-finals.

"First, I am grateful to be able to qualify for the last eight. In this match, the opponent has a little advantage when he is in the wind winning position. I can't guess that his attack was very strong because he won the wind conditions," said Jonathan after the match.

At the beginning of the first game, Jonathan was immediately five points behind. The struggle to rise at all was fruitless until the interval, where he was still four points adrift.

After Jonathan's break, it got tougher after his opponent added four consecutive points. Jojo, Jonatan's nickname, had reduced the score to 16-19, but his opponent only gave him the breath to add one more point after that.

"Luckily in the second and third games I was able to control the course of the match to win. In this match the opponent was very good when attacking in front of the net and a very hard blow. I played more patiently in dealing with every opponent's attack," he said.

Jonathan is one of three representatives who have won tickets to the quarter-finals. The other two tickets were obtained by the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and the women's doubles Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.

Unfortunately, the success of the three Indonesian representatives could not be followed by the men's doubles Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan.

Bagas/Fikri had to lift the suitcase after being beaten by Indian representatives Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty. Meanwhile, The Daddies returned home after losing to representatives of Chinese Taipei Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han.

Indonesia can still add tickets to the last eight if Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin, who have not played during this news, write, can beat their opponents.

Marcus/Kevin who are the second seed will meet Scottish waki Alexander Dunn/Adam Hall, while Leo/Daniel are challenged by the host pair, Daniel Lundgaard/Mathias Thyrri.