Defeat Anders Antonsen, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Wins Singapore Open 2023 Men's Singles

Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. (Between/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian badminton team won one title from the Singapore Open 2023 tournament after the men's singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defended his title thanks to his victory over Anders Antonsen in the final match in Singapore as reported by Antara, Sunday, June 11.

Ginting beat the Danish badminton player with two straight games 21-16, 21-13 in a match that lasted 40 minutes.

With this success, Ginting also successfully defended the title from the BWF Super 750 tournament. The Singapore Open 2022 became Ginting's first moment to record his title, defeating Japanese badminton player Kodai Naraoka in the top party.

In this final match, Ginting was left behind from Antonsen from 0-2 to a score of 2-4. Through his patience and good adaptation, Ginting could focus more on the pattern of the game ahead to catch up.

He also succeeded in five consecutive points to win the advantage by 7-4 over the Danish badminton player. Ginting continued to strengthen his advantage with consecutive points until he moved away with 10-6.

However, after the interval, the 22nd ranked badminton player was able to reduce the distance and catch up with points. Antonsen took the lead on 14-15, but the situation only lasted a while.

Ginting again replied by gaining four points in a row to lead 18-15. It didn't stop there, Ginting again gained consecutive points to close the first game with a score of 21-16 after playing 18 minutes.

At the game change, Ginting fell behind again at the start of the game. The world number two badminton player made two mistakes, in the form of a low return that hit the net.

However, consistency encourages Ginting to turn things around and makes a big difference in the number of both players. Since trailing 1-3, Ginting has actually increased the advantage to 7-3, 12-6, to 14-7.

Ginting again showed her dominance over Antonsen like their previous meeting. Through a net game and crossed smash, Ginting managed to tear through his opponent's defense, which had difficulty reading directions.

Ginting pocketed five consecutive points to approach the match point to 19-8. Unfortunately Ginting's move was not smooth because Antonsen still gave resistance after being more daring to play in the front zone.

But finally Ginting's struggle ended with the title, after the final point determining his victory came from an error created by Antonsen. When Ginting threw a serve, Antonsen, who was in the front zone, made too low a return, which eventually hit the net.