Anthony Ginting Doesn't Want To Be Overshadowed By A Bad Record With Viktor Axelsen

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA — Indonesia's men's singles, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, doesn't want to be overshadowed by a bad record against Viktor Axelsen when they meet again in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open 2022.

Anthony as the sixth seed got a ticket to the last eight of the Super 750 level event after defeating Thailand's Sitthikom Thamsin at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, June 30.

However, the men's singles effort, ranked sixth in the world, will not be easy. The reason, he immediately met Axelsen who is the world's number one and the first seed.

"In my opinion, the competition in the men's singles is very tight. Now Viktor Axelsen is number one, we can see from the way he plays and the results so far," said Anthony after the victory over Thammasin.

So far Anthony and Axelsen have faced each other 12 times. From that number of meetings, the Danish men's singles led the 8-4 win-loss record over Anthony.

Two of the eight defeats suffered by Anthony even occurred recently in two events that took place in Indonesia earlier this month, namely the Indonesia Masters and the Indonesia Open 2022.

Their first meeting took place in the semifinals of the Indonesia Masters, while the second was in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open. The two defeats made Anthony recorded to have never won in their last five meetings.

"Tomorrow against him, I will just focus. Compete as best I can and give my best. Don't want to see previous results," said the athlete from West Java.

Anthony is one of three Indonesian representatives who made it to the last eight of this year's Indonesia Open. The other two tickets were obtained by Jonatan Christie and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.