JAKARTA Indonesia Open 2024 is not the soles of Indonesia's men's number. The three representatives who took part in this event all fell in the early rounds.
The defeat suffered by Jonatan Christie against Malaysia's representative, Leong Jun Hao, at Istora, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in the evening, made the fate of the number truly gloomy.
Jonathan, who lost in the first game, rose heroicly in the second game when he was six points 2-8 behind. However, in the third game, Jonathan could not do anything so he gave up with the final scores 13-21, 21-16, and 12-21.
The men's singles coach, Irwansyah, said that the performance of his players could not be said to have decreased just because of this defeat. However, approaching the 2024 Paris Olympics, this result is clearly an alarm.
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"The defeat here is the most important lesson for playing in the Olympics (Paris 2024)," said Irwansyah after the match when met by media crews in the mixed zone area.
Jonathan is one of two Indonesian representatives who became victims of Leong Jun Hao in the past two weeks. Previously, Leong also defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the second round of the 2024 Singapore Open last week.
Jojo, Jonatan's nickname, who is the 2024 All England Champion, denied that this defeat was due to pressure on him because he was the only remaining men's singles.
"I'm not satisfied with my game. I can't control the ball and I'm not calm enough to carry out my own strategy and game," he said.
Previously, on the first day yesterday, two Indonesian men's singles, namely Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, had already lost.
Anthony, who was the seventh seed, fell against Japan's singles, Kenta Nishimoto. Meanwhile, Chico lost to Thailand's singles, Kantaphon Wangcharoen.
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