Indonesia Open 2022: Anthony Ginting Qualifies For The Quarter Finals And Viktor Axelsen Awaits

JAKARTA – Men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting got a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open 2022. He qualified after defeating Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus from Denmark.

The Olympic bronze medalist locked the victory with a score of 21-17 and 21-9 at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday, June 16. Next Anthony will meet Viktor Axelsen's tough opponent.

This is the second meeting between Axelsen and Anthony in two weeks. Previously, the two players met in the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters 2022.

At that time Axelsen came out as the winner with a score of 21-15 and 21-15. The result of the match also changed his win-lose record with Anthony to 7-4.

Indonesia has the opportunity to add men's singles representatives in the last eight if Jonathan Christie can win with China's Zhao Jun Peng. The two have not competed at the time of this writing.

Indonesia had previously received a ticket for the round of 16 from the men's doubles of Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Rambitan. The pair beat Olympic champion Lee Yang/Wang Chi-lin.

Meanwhile, the men's doubles, Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahya Pratiwi, had to bury their dreams. They had to go home early after being beaten by two games 25-23 and 21-11, the second seed of South Korea, Lee So Hee / Shin Seung Chan.