All England 2025: Jonathan Keeps Hope

The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie appeared in the first round of All England 2025 (doc. PBSI).

JAKARTA Men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie successfully passed the first round of the All England 2025 to maintain his hopes of defending his title in the world's oldest event.

Jonathan locked the ticket to the round of 16 after defeating Leong Jun Hao from Malaysia with the final score 21-11 and 21-19 at Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, WIB night.

In this duel, Jonathan appeared very dominant over his opponent. The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist immediately scored three points at the beginning of the first set and could not be overtaken again after.

Jonathan again appeared solid in the second game even though the opponent had led 3-2. He scored five points in a row and after that continued to lead. The opponent had brought the score closer to 19-20, but Jonathan was not careless.

"In the second game, it was far superior, but his experience meeting him at the Kumamoto Masters last year was quite impressive. At that time I was 17-10 ahead, but followed and lost."

"So, I thought again and thought what if it happened again? That's what makes you a little less focused and then you want it to turn off quickly."

"In fact, from the start I played not in a hurry, quite calmly, and patiently," said Jonathan.

Jonathan will next meet Lakshya Sen. The men's singles badminton player from India secured a ticket to the second half after beating Su Li Yang from China Taipei with a rubber game.

Jonathan is the third Indonesian representative to secure tickets for the second round of All England 2025. He followed in the footsteps of Putri Kusuma Wardani and Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi.

In the men's singles number, Jonathan came down with Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. The badminton player from Papua will meet the first seed from China, Shi Yuqi.