JAKARTA The men's singles badminton player Jonatan Christie stepped into the final round of the Korea Open 2025 after rising from behind to beat his junior Alwi Farhan.
The fourth seed missed the first game, but rose in the next two games to win with a score of 18-21, 21-14, and 21-15 at Suwon Gymnasium on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Jonathan performed well at the start of the first game and took the lead at an interval with a difference of one point. The tight match took place after that before Alwi took over the momentum after 16-16.
In the second game Jonathan appeared dominant from start to finish. The badminton player who has left the PBSI National Training Center has risen from 1-2 to continue to excel until the end.
He also dominated as a big game of determination after being at the top of 8-9. After a strong position of 10-10, Jonathan scored six consecutive points and won easily.
SEE ALSO:
-
| OLAHRAGA
Harry Kane Cetak Gol ke-100, Bayern Munchen Hancurkan Werder Bremen
27 September 2025, 05:23
This is Jonathan's second final in this year's calendar. He previously reached the same stage in the 2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 event in January.
At that time, the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist came out as runner-up after failing to maintain the first game's advantage against the 2023 world champion from Thailand, Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Apart from Alwi, Amri Syahnawi/Nita Violina Marwah also failed to get the final ticket. They lost against first seed Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping.
The pair failed to reach the final round of the tournament after struggling in two games 20-22 and 12-21 against the Chinese mixed doubles.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
