JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, dramatically defeated Lu Guang Zu in the race for the second round of the India Open 2023 ticket.
Playing at K.D. Jadhav Indoor, New Delhi, Wednesday, January 18 evening WIB, the bronze medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics lost the first game 19-21 and played tight in winning the next two games with the same score.
This victory also beautifies Anthony Ginting's winning-loss record, which in this tournament became the sixth seed, over the Chinese representative to 4-0.
The previous three victories were won by the badminton player from West Java when he met Lu at the Indonesia Open and the Japan Open 2019 and at the Thomas Uber Cup a year later.
In the second half, Anthony will face Kantaphon Wangcharoen. This Thai men's singles qualified for the second round after repatriating Japan's representative, Kenta Nishimoto.
Anthony is the two Indonesian men's singles who managed to qualify for the second round of the four representatives who were fielded. The other two tickets failed were Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.
Apart from Anthony, today Indonesia has also secured tickets for the second round of the women's singles number Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and the men's doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri.
Meanwhile, apart from Shesar, the second round ticket also failed to be obtained by veteran men's doubles Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan as well as mixed doubles Zakehno Sumanti/Hediana Julimarbela.
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