Jonathan Christie And Anthony Ginting Adhere To Each Other In BWF Rankings

Jonathan Christie (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA - The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has started to cash out the points of the world's badminton players after being frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This moment made a change in position, including for the Indonesian men's singles, Jonatan Christie and Anthony Ginting who are now sticking together.

Previously, BWF had frozen the ranking of athletes starting from week 12 in 2020 due to the high number of COVID-19 transmissions. This situation has caused many tournaments to be postponed or even stopped.

However, as the situation improved and the competition began to run normally, BWF then disbursed the points of the badminton players in stages starting from Tuesday, August 2nd.

Quoted from bwf.tournamentsoftware, although it did not show significant results, but in the men's singles, there was an interesting movement. The reason is, Jonathan Christie succeeded in shifting Chen Long, who is the representative of China, to move up to seventh position.

The increase in Jojo's ranking is only one point away from his fellow Indonesian, Anthony Ginting. That way, the competition in the next tournament will feel more interesting.

Another Indonesian men's singles player, Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, is still at number 26 in the world. However, Tommy Sugiarto was able to shift Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, who was previously in 35th place, to drop one place.

Shifted to the women's singles sector. Striking changes do not occur here because there are still no names for Indonesian representatives who have entered the top 10. The best ranking of Indonesian heroines is at number 26 which is owned by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.

Meanwhile, Fitriani showed movement by moving her up to rank 43. Meanwhile, Putri Kusuma Wardani, who rose one place to rank 47.

In the men's doubles sector, the top four representatives of the Indonesian pair are still in the same position. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo still sit in first position. Followed by Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan in third place, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto in fifth and Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan in 14th place.

Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana entered the top 20 by occupying the final position, while Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin still stayed in 21st position.

From the women's doubles sector, there are Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu who occupy the seventh position in the world even though they have separated. Meanwhile, Apriyani's new partner, Siti Fadia, is still listed as a pair with Ribka Sugiarto and is ranked 28th in the world.

For Apriyani/Fadia's latest ranking, they are now up one rank to 41st. Meanwhile, another Indonesian women's doubles, Febriana Diw Puji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi managed to climb two places to rank 44.

Meanwhile, Della Destiara Harris/Rizki Amelia Pradipta dropped four places to 35th place. Nita Violina Marwah/Putri Syaikah dropped one grid from the original 46.

Indonesia's mixed doubles ranking also did not change much. Of the five pairs in the top 50 zone, only Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati shifted their ranking by two places up to 44th.

Meanwhile, Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti are in fifth position, Hafiz Faizal/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja are in 15th position, Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari are three points behind and Adnan Maulana/Mychelle Chrystine Bandaso are still stagnant at 28th.