Jakarta: Indonesian men’s singles badminton player Jonatan Christie has assured that he will qualify for the 2023 Japan Open final. However, he realized this positive trend with difficulty by beating India’s representative Lakhsya Sen in semi -final, Saturday 29 July.

Jojo – Nickname Jonathan actually managed to win the first match when he faced Lakhsya on Court 1 Yoyogi 1st Gymnasium, Tokyo. However, Jojo lost the second game and could only finish the game in 68 minutes until the third game.

Jojo, who is the fifth seed, could only finish the game with an aggregate score of 21-15, 13-21, 21-16. Lakhsya is not to be taken lightly as she won in her first encounter with Jojo at the Asian Team Badminton Championships in 2020.

Lakhsya showed fierce resistance in the first game. He even had time to dominate the points, before finally Jojo scored five points in a row to turn the tide at 16-12 and secure the victory in the opener.

Going into the second game, Jojo seemed to have nothing to do with Lakhsya’s play as he still failed to go past the points scored and was down six in a row. As a result, the match had to be continued by playing the third game.

Going into the third game, Jojo managed to improve his performance and dominate the points. He only allowed Lakhsya to excel at 0-1 and 5-6, before finally turning the tide at 7-6 to finish the match faster.

With this result, Jojo is the first Indonesian representative to advance to the 2023 Japan Open final. Previously, there was men’s doubles Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto who were eliminated after losing to Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin (Taiwan), while Gregoria Mariska Tunjung is still waiting for her turn to face He Bing Jiao (China).

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(KAH)