Malaysia Open 2024: Ginting And Jonathan Have Opportunity To Meet Axelsen

Men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting will appear at the Malaysia Open 2024 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie had the opportunity to meet Viktor Axelsen at the beginning of next year when they appeared in the first major tournament, Malaysia Open 2024.

Malaysia Open, which is at the level of Super 1000 BWF, is scheduled to take place from 9 to 14 January 2024. This is an opportunity for Indonesian representatives to hunt for points to get tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In this event, the journey of the two Indonesian representatives above can certainly be difficult. The reason is, they are in the top half of the chart with the world number one men's singles from Denmark, Viktor Axelsen.

Jonathan Christie, who is the sixth seed, will start his journey in this event against India's representative, Kidambi Srikanth.

If he wins then he will meet Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) or Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong) in the second half.

While still able to get through the second half, a tougher challenge is likely to be faced by Jonathan in the quarter-finals. He could have met Axelsen, who currently excels in winning 10-2 over Jonathan.

If Jonathan is likely to meet Axelsen earlier, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting actually has a chance to clash with the owner of the Tokyo Olympics gold medal in the semifinals.

In the first half, Ginting will meet Chinese representative Taipei, Su Li Yang. He then met Lu Guang Zu or Lee Zii Jia in the second half.

Furthermore, in the quarter-finals he can be tested by Shi Yuqi, Rasmus Gemke, Chou Tien Chen, or Toma Junior Popov.

Similar to Jonathan, Ginting's statistics against Axelsen are also truly gloomy. Of the 17 meetings, he only won four matches.

The following are Indonesia's Representatives at the 2024 Malaysia Open

Men's Singles

Jonathan Christie

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Women's Singles

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Putri Kusuma Wardani

Men's Doubles

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin

Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan

Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri

Women's Doubles

Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto

Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

Mixed Doubles

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati

Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja

Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari