Hong Kong Open 2023: Jonathan Wins Easy To Get Quarter-Final Tickets

Men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie/PBSI

JAKARTA The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie defeated host representative Lee Cheuk Yiu to reach the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open 2023.

The 25-year-old athlete locked down two straight games 21-18 and 21-16 at Hong Kong Coliseum, Thursday, September 14, 2023 evening WIB.

Jojo, as Jonatan is called, who is the fifth seed in this event, will then meet the men's singles full of surprises from Taiwan, Chia Hao Lee.

Chia, who came as a non-seed, actually managed to make a trip to the quarter-finals in this Super 500 WF event by defeating two famous names.

First, he defeated the first and first seed in the world from Denmark, Viktor Axelsen. Meanwhile, he got his second win after stopping Malaysia's representative, Lee Zii Jia.

In another match, from the men's doubles number, Indonesia had to lose first seed Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto. The pair lost to men's doubles Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee.

This defeat exacerbated Fajar/Rian's record of the Taiwanese pair.

Dari total dua pertemuan, Fajar/Rian tercatat tidak pernah menang setelah sebelumnya mereka tercatat kalah di Madrid Spain Masters pada Maret lalu.

"This result must be accepted and we must be prepared for the condition. Everything has happened and we have to dare to get out of the pressure. Don't get bored to evaluate and introspect," Fajar said after the match.

The results obtained by Fajar/Rian made the men's doubles number now just have to hope for the pair Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin and veteran pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan.