JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles, Jonatan Christie, have a great chance of qualifying for the semifinals of the BWF World Tour Finals 2022. This is thanks to the victory over Chou Tien Chen, Friday, December 9.
In the last match of the Group B preliminary match, Jonathan won through a rubber game fight.
In the first game, the player who is familiarly called Jojo won 21-13. However, he was caught off guard in the second game and lost 12-21.
Jojo's mentality was tested in the third game. At critical points, he was able to appear calm. As a result, the PBSI mainstay player won with a score of 21-17.
Jonatan raih kemenangan kedua. Good job!Tapi Jojo masih harus menunggu hasil Ginting vs Loh Kean Yew untuk memastikan kelolosannya ke semifinal.#BWFWorldTourFinals2022 pic.twitter.com/IR9rO0VsLw
— BADMINTON INDONESIA (@INABadminton) December 9, 2022
With this result, Jojo still has to wait for the match between Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Low Kean Yew.
Jojo can qualify if Loh Kean Yew does not win rubber from Ginting or Ginting beats Loh Kean Yew with two straight games.
Meanwhile, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung failed to make it happen to qualify for the semifinals. It took victory over Akane Yamaguchi in the last match, Gregoria actually lost.
He gave up on the rubber game with a score of 15-21, 21-13 and 18-21.
In fact, hope had taken place when in the first match Gregoria defeated the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei. Unfortunately, he was unable to continue the surprise in the next two matches.
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