BWF World Tour Finals 2022: Tekuk Jonatan Christie, Anthony Ginting Advanced To Finals

JAKARTA - Men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defeated compatriot Jonatan Christie to advance to the final round of the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals.

Playing at Nimibudr Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, December 10 at noon WIB, Anthony had to fight for three games and closed the final score matches 21-15, 11-21, and 21-18.

This is Anthony's second win over Jonathan in the closing competition of the season after the two clashed in the group stage last Wednesday. At that time, Anthony also played rubber games.

In the final, Anthony will meet the winner from Viktor Axelsen versus Kodai Naraoka.

Anthony's success automatically became the second final ticket for Indonesia in a competition involving only the eight best representatives from the five events.

Previously, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto's men's doubles ticket failed. They returned to the semifinals after losing to Chinese representatives, Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi.

"Liu/Ou are getting better day by day. They also just won at the Australian Open yesterday. We are confident that it may be increasing and the individuals are indeed good," said Fajar after the match.

Liu/Ou will next meet the Indonesian pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan who qualified for the final after defeating the Malaysian pair, Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi.

On paper Hendra/Ahsan have a 0-1 win-loss record with this Chinese representative. The only defeat they suffered occurred at the Indonesia Open 2022 last June.