2024 Thomas Cup Final: This Is The Reason Anthony Ginting Failed To Overcome Shi Yu Qi

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting returned the ball from Chinese player Shi Yuqi in the Thomas Cup final in Chengdu, China, on May 5, 2024. (AFP / Wang Zhao)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting admitted that he could not find the right pattern of play to overcome Shi Yu Qi's attacks and pressures in the 2024 Thomas Cup final on Sunday.

Ginting surrendered 17-21, 6-21 to Shi in the match at the Chengdu Hi Tech Zone Sports Center Gymnasium, Chengdu, China.

"Indeed, from the start until it was finished, I could not get out of the pressure that Shi Yu Qi gave. Starting from how to play, how to deal with the conditions and situations on the ground, how to find the right way," Ginting told reporters after the match.

The bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics assessed that despite chasing opponents at critical points in the first game, Shi could quickly find a way to end the match well.

The world number seven men's singles admits that he actually doesn't have any pressure to get points.

He highlighted the speed factor in finding solutions to the pattern of play applied by the opponent, not because of the atmosphere of the host supporters.

"It's just more about the game. He's not an easy opponent either. So (not because of the pressure of the audience), but rather how I'm on the pitch, from non-technical like how to stay calm, and so on," Ginting said.