Don't Want To Underestimate His Opponent At The Tokyo Olympics, Jonathan Christie: Focus On The Match And Try Your Best

Jonathan Christie (Photo: PBSI)

JAKARTA - The seventh seed in men's singles badminton, Jonatan Christie, will start his battle at the Tokyo Olympics in the next few days. Jojo - as he is known - joined in Group G with Aram Mahmoud from the IOC representative and Loh Kean Yew from Singapore.

Previously, Jojo had never met Aram, while with Loh, Jojo won 3-0.

"Of the two people in this group, the most who have met Loh Kean Yew," said Jojo, quoted from the official statement from PBSI received by the editors, Friday, July 16.

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"Even though I won 3-0 head to head, from the last meeting he played a lot better, so yes, from the first match, you have to focus and think party after party is like a final," continued Jojo.

Jojo's last meeting with Loh took place last January in the last 32 of the Yonex Thailand Open tournament. At that time, Jojo won the rubber game 13-21, 21-10, 21-16.

"What is certain is that you shouldn't take it lightly, you shouldn't take it lightly. They'll definitely have nothing to lose. So I can't lose first, especially in my mind," Jojo explained about his preparations against his opponents.

"Focus on the game and try your best," he concluded.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic badminton group division in men's singles

Group A:

Kento Momota (1/Japan)

Timothy Lim (United States of America)

Kwang Hee Heo (South Korea)

Group C:

Ng Ka Long Angus (8/Hong Kong)

Kevin Cordon (Guatemala)

Lino Muñoz (Mexico)

Group D:

Sai Praneeth (13/India)

Mark Caljouw (Netherlands)

Misha Zilberman (Israel)

Group E:

Viktor Axelsen (4/Denmark)

Kalle Koljonen (Finland)

Luka Wraber (Austria)

Group F:

Wang Tzu Wei (10/Chinese Taipei)

Nhat Nguyen (Ireland)

Niluka Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)

Group G:

Jonathan Christie (7/Indonesia)

Aram Mahmoud (IOC)

Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)

Group H:

Shi Yuqi (11/China)

Sören Opti (Suriname)

Matthew Abela (Malta)

Group I:

Kanta Tsuneyama (12/Japan)

Georges Julien Paul (Mauritius)

Ygor Coelho (Brazil)

Group J:

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (5/Indonesia)

Gergely Krausz (Hungary)

Sergey Sirant (Russia)

Group K:

Kantaphon Wangcharoen (14/Thailand)

Kai Schaefer (Germany)

Toby Penty (United Kingdom)

Group L:

Anders Antonsen (3/Denmark)

Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam)

Ade Resky Dwicahyo (Azerbaijan)

Group M:

Lee Zii Jia (9/Malaysia)

Brice Leverdez (France)

Artem Pochtarov (Ukraine)

Group N:

Chen Long (6/China)

Pablo Abian (Spain)

Raul Must (Estonia)

Group P:

Chou Tien Chen (2/Chinese Taipei)

Brian Yang (Canada)

Felix Burestedt (Sweden)