Defeated By Anders Antonsen, Jonathan Christie Admits Lack Of Patience

Jonathan Christie (Doc. PBSI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia's mainstay men's singles athlete, Jonatan Christie, failed to shine in the top match of the BWF Super 750 China Masters 2024 tournament. In the match held in Shenzhen, China, Sunday, November 24, he lost to Anders Antonsen.

"Once again, getting to the final is not enough but overall my appearance this week is quite good. Praise God, God has helped a lot," said Jonathan, quoted from ANTARA, in a brief statement from PP PBSI.

Jojo lost through two straight games with a score of 15-21, 13-21. There is an opponent's strategy that the 27-year-old athlete failed to anticipate.

"Indeed, the strategy and pattern of the game that Antonsen demonstrated today is very efficient, I got carried away a lot while he was not patient enough, rushed and made a lot of mistakes himself. In addition, he played very safely, very calmly from attack or defense," explained the 2024 All England Open champion.

He continued, his unsatisfactory performance at the 2024 Kumamoto Masters Super 500 BWF tournament at Japan last week, made him learn so that he was able to reach the final round.

"But from today I have also learned again, the game was really under my best performance," said Jonathan.

"Some matches are quite good but what I said earlier, until the semifinals or finals alone is not enough if you don't win. That's still stuck in the heart," he added.

Indonesia still has the opportunity to win the 2024 China Masters title through the men's doubles Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

The world number 13 pair will challenge South Korean representative Seo Seung Jae/Jin Yong for the first time in the top party today.