Indonesia Masters 2022: Humiliating Malaysia's Representative, Anthony Ginting Holds Semifinal Tickets

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting advances to the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters 2022. (Photo: Twitter @INABadminton)

JAKARTA - Indonesian men's singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting stepped into the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters 2022 after defeating Lee Jii Zia, Friday, June 10.

After being left behind 18-21 in the first game, Anthony Ginting took the lead in the next two games. He won with a score of 21-16 and 21-15

Lee looks good at the beginning of the first game. The player from Malaysia is always ahead until the position is 6-2. Ginting had chased up to 7-7 position.

However, his performance has not been consistent so he often loses points. During the first game interval, Lee managed to lead 11-8.

After the interval, Ginting tried to get up. However, Lee was still able to suppress the Indonesian men's singles game. In fact, on several occasions, Ginting actually lost points due to his own mistakes until he was 12-15 behind.

Slowly, Ginting was able to get up and catch up. Smash hard crossed from him to make the position a draw 16-16. However, Lee was able to regain momentum and won with a score of 21-18 in the first game.

At the beginning of the second game, Ginting immediately pressed and immediately won 4-1. The 25-year-old's deadly smashes kept him away with a 7-1 advantage.

When far ahead, Ginting often makes mistakes. He gave pointless points for Lee to the position of 8-5. Luckily, the player from Cimahi managed to take advantage of the momentum and lead 11-5 at the interval.

Lee actually rose after the interval. He can serve the Ginting game. Slowly but surely he caught up and equalized to be 16-16.

However, Ginting regained the momentum and moved away again with a 19-16 advantage. Ginting's attacks were muffled by Ginting. Ginting won the second game with a score of 21-16.

In the third game, Ginting continued to maintain the momentum to keep ahead of Lee. Ginting's game made Lee look difficult to lead 6-3.

Lee's performance continued to decline in this third game. He has dropped points several times due to his own mistakes. Ginting, whose game was getting more and more extraordinary, was far ahead at the interval with 11-5.

Lee tried to appear calmer and reduce the gap to 9-11. However, Ginting did not let his opponent get the momentum to get up.

The single PBSI continued to press Lee's defense. Point by point was achieved due to Lee's mistake, who continued to get pressure from Ginting.

Ginting's smash after smash made Lee helpless until he was behind 10-15. Ginting got point by point until he closed the third game with a 21-15 win

In another match, Indonesian women's doubles, Febby Valencia Dwijayanti Gani/Ribka Sugiarto failed to follow in the footsteps of Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. They had to recognize the superiority of the Korean pair, Jeing na-eun/Kim Hye Jeong with a score of 16-21 and 18-21.