JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles Jonatan Christie said the All Indonesian Final match at the All England Open 2024 tournament was the result of maximum and solid efforts carried out continuously from players, coaches, and teams.
"Praise God, all of this is thanks to God's generosity and kindness to me, Ginting, the men's singles team and the Indonesian team as well," said Jonathan, quoted from a brief statement from PP PBSI, Sunday.
"Perhaps no one thinks that some of the results of the tournament have gone up and down recently, but we always try our best, what shortcomings we fix, we build chemistry and we try to be more solid," he added, as reported by Antara.
Jonathan will meet his compatriot, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the final round of the BWF Super 1000 tournament later after wrapping the victory over India's Lakshya Sen, in the semifinals through the rubber game 21-12, 10-21, 21-15, Saturday (16/3).
Speaking of the course of the match, the world number nine men's singles admitted that the opponent was able to play well in the second game by changing his strategy to play faster, so he didn't anticipate it well enough.
"As a result, I was far behind and I didn't want to force it all out and immediately prepared myself for the third game," said Jonathan.
"In the game of determination I was just holding on to the rally, I didn't want to be provoked to play fast. Also how to close the defense. I just fight because God's results have determined so all I think about is doing my best," he added.
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With this, the upcoming match between Jonathan and Ginting is the ninth time that two Indonesian men's singles have met in the final round of the oldest badminton tournament in the world.
This is also the first time this has happened in the last 30 years of the All England Open men's singles final bringing together two Indonesian players.
The last time the match occurred was in All England 1994 when Hariyanto Arbi faced Ardy Bernardus Wiranata.
With this achievement, Indonesia for the first time won the All England Open from the men's singles sector, where Hariyanto Arbi won the last time in a row in 1993 and 1994.
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