Jonatan Christie's Disappointment Failed To Perfect The 2024 China Masters Final With A Title

Jonathan Christie had to settle for being runner-up at the 2024 China Masters (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA - The Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Jonatan Christie, expressed disappointment after failing to secure the title at the 2024 China Masters.

He admitted that he was confused about why he failed to win in several tournaments that had recently been followed.

While exploring the 2024 Chinese Masters final, Jonathan had to face his fierce opponent from Denmark, Anders Antonsen.

However, in the final match which was held at Shenzhen Arena, Sunday, November 24, 2024, Jonathan fell two straight games with a score of 15-21 and 13-21.

This result was Jojo's second defeat in the final which was followed after the 2024 Paris Olympics. Previously, Jonathan also failed in the top match at the 2024 Arctic Open last October.

"Once again, getting to the final is not enough, but overall my performance this week is quite good. Praise God, God has helped a lot," said Jonatan Christie in a quote quoted from the official PBSI website, Monday, November 25, 2024.

From the failure in the final of the 2024 China Masters, Jonathan admitted that Antonsen's movement had indeed overwhelmed him and made many mistakes himself.

"Indeed, the strategy and pattern of games demonstrated by Antonsen is very efficient. I got carried away a lot. So, I lacked patience, rushed, and made a lot of mistakes myself."

"In addition, he played very safely, very calmly from attacks and survives," said Jonathan.

Despite having to settle for the results received, Jonathan admitted that meeting with Antonsen was a valuable lesson.

"Last week at the 2024 Kumamoto Japan Masters I almost won, but lost. Learn again so I can enter the final here."

"However, I also learned again, the game was very below my best performance," said Jonatan Christie.

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

Apart from that, being a finalist at the 2024 China Masters made Jonathan successful in the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals.

Additional points from the runners-up of the 2024 China Masters made Jonathan perched in seventh place in BWF.

This means that Jonathan rose five places from the 12th position after the accumulated points at the Kumamoto Japan Masters 2024.

Jonathan evicted Koki Watanebe (Japan) and threw Li Shi Feng (China) from the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals.

As is known, the BWF World Tour Finals 2024 is a year-end tournament which is only followed by the top eight BWF.