Anthony Ginting Said About His Meeting With Viktor Axelsen: It Won't Be Easy

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA — Anthony Sinisuka Ginting hopes to do his best to beat first seed Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Japan Badminton World Championships. However, he said it would not be easy.

The best Indonesian men's singles will meet Axelsen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Friday, August 26 tomorrow. Anthony had to work hard to get to the semifinals.

"It won't be easy against Viktor (Axelsen). The match will be tougher than today. At the last meeting it was busy, I hope to give all my best and maximum," said Anthony in an official statement received by VOI.

On paper, Anthony is seeded sixth at this year's World Championships, not so seeded. The meeting record is more in favor of the Danish representative.

So far, Anthony has only won four of his 13 meetings with Axelsen. Seven of the nine defeats were even suffered by Anthony in a row in their latest meeting.

However, in the last two defeats, respectively, in the Indonesia Open and the Malaysia Open, Anthony was able to put up a fight against Axelsen. The world's number one men's singles was forced by Anthony to play a rubber game.

"Every player who comes has the same chance to win the title. There is no guarantee who will win so the most important thing is to do your best in every game and enjoy every point," said Anthony.

Besides Anthony, Indonesia also placed Jonatan Christie's men's singles in the quarter-finals. Jonathan will face Chinese Taipei representative Chou Tien Chen.

Then, from the men's doubles number, Merah Putih also managed to send two representatives to the quarter-finals. They are Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan and Fajad Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.