JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles, Jonatan Christie, won the 2023 Indonesia Masters title. In the final, Jonatan defeated his compatriot, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.

The 2022 Swiss Open champion defeated Chico in two straight games with a score of 21-15, 21-13 in 44 minutes when they met at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (29/1/2023).

This victory ended Jonathan's stalemate. He finally won his first BWF Super 500 level tournament.

The athlete who is familiarly called Jojo feels so grateful. The reason is, so far, he has only been able to win titles at the Super 300 level.

"This title has been waiting for quite a long time," said Jojo after the match, as reported by the PBSI official website.

"I tried and failed. I'm grateful to the coach for believing in us. I think this is the fruit of all of our hard work," he continued.

Jojo's struggle to win his first title at the super 500 level was not easy. How many times has Jojo tried, but the results were often not optimal and ended in failure.

Even so, Jojo did not give up and kept trying in hopes of winning the title.

"I believe everyone has a destiny. Everyone never knows. I am always reminded by the coach not to give up and leave all the efforts that are made to God. At least you have fought as much as possible on the field," he said.

Apart from being his first title at the Super 500 level, the 2023 Indonesia Masters trophy is the second title won by Jojo at Istora Senayan. Previously, he won in front of the Istora public at the 2018 Asian Games.   


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)