Indonesia Open 2023: Viktor Axelsen Wins After Bend Anthony Ginting

Danish men's singles Viktor Axelsen won the Indonesia Open 2023 after beating Anthony Sinisuka Ginting/INSTAGRAM

JAKARTA Viktor Axelsen's men's singles successfully came out as champions. He defeated Indonesia's mainstay Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to defend the title of this Super 1000 BWF level event.

Axelsen defeated Anthony in two straight games 21-14 and 21-13 at the Istora Stadium, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday, June 18, 2023. This defeat also exacerbated Anthony's winning-loss record over Axelsen to 4-12.

Anthony is the only Indonesian representative to reach the final. Failed to get a title in the men's singles sector, Indonesia was not held in Indonesia for two consecutive editions.

Anthony secured the first point and started to fall behind before coming back to identify the score 7-7. Both players played tight and switched points, but a service that went wide from Anthony made Axelsen narrowly one point ahead at the break.

Axelsen immediately added points after the interval to widen the gap. The Danish men's singles continued to move away until a less perfect return from Anthony made him secure the first game.

Axelsen generated four consecutive points at the beginning of the second game. The world number one badminton player really performed solidly and forced Anthony to be six points adrift at the time of the interval.

Anthony's efforts to reduce the score really couldn't run smoothly afterward. On the other hand, Axelsen easily added points until he managed to win the second game 21-13 easily.

Anthony's defeat made the fast for the Indonesian men's singles title at the Indonesia Open continue. The last time the Red and White men's arrears won this event was in 2012 through the success of Simon Santoso.

For Anthony, the defeat in this year's Indonesia Open final was the tenth successive defeat he suffered against Axelsen. On the other hand, this year's title is the third straight title secured by Axelsen.