6 Indonesian Representatives Appear in the Last 16, Here’s the Schedule and Their Opponents

Jakarta, Todaysgist.com – Six Indonesian representatives will compete in the last 16 of the 2024 China Open badminton championship today, Thursday (19/9/2024), at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Changzhou, China.

The six representatives are mixed doubles Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, men’s singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and Jonatan Christie, and three men’s doubles Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Daniel Marthin, Leo Rolly Carnando/Bagas Maulana, and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

Indonesian mixed doubles pair Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja qualified for the last 16 of the 2024 China Open after eliminating Hong Kong pair Lee Chun Hei Reginald/Ng Tsz Yau, Wednesday (18/9/2024).

Dejan/Gloria advanced after Lee Chun Hei Reginald/Ng Tsz Yau were unable to continue the match. The Hong Kong representatives were stopped because one of them was injured.

Dejan/Gloria won the first game with a score of 21-7. While in the second game, the match was stopped when the score was 11-3 for Dejan/Gloria. At that time the match had been going on for 19 minutes.

In the round of 16, the 16th-ranked pair will meet the winner between India’s Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath and Malaysia’s Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei. This match will be the first match on court 1.

Meanwhile, the men’s doubles pair Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Daniel Marthin managed to pass the first hurdle to advance to the last 16 of the 2024 China Open after defeating Taiwanese representatives Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Wang Chi-Lin in two straight games 21-13 and 21-13.

In the last 16, Fikri/Daniel will meet Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang. The two pairs have never met before. This match was held as the seventh match on court 1.

Meanwhile, Leo/Bagas advanced to the second round after defeating Kenya Matsuhashi/Hiroki Okamura from Japan with a score of 21-13 and 21-14.

In the last 16, the 70th ranked pair will meet second seed Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. The Danish pair advanced to the last 16 after defeating Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, 21-18 and 21-19. Leo/Bagas have never met the Danish pair.

The match between Leo/Bagas and Astrup/Rasmussen was held on court 1, match 10.

Another Indonesian representative in the men’s doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, successfully won a ticket to the round of 16 of the 2024 China Open after winning against South Korean representatives, Choi Sol Gyu/Heo Kwang Hee in two straight sets 21-11 and 21-14.

The sixth-ranked pair needed just 26 minutes to stop Choi/Heo. In the last 16, the 2023 and 2024 All England champions will meet Andreas Sondergaard/Jesper Toft. The Danish representatives defeated Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren from Thailand.

Fajar/Rian have faced Sondergaard/Toft once in the last 16 of the 2023 Spain Masters. At that time, Fajar/Rian won with a score of 21-13 and 22-20. The last 16 match between Fajar/Rian and Sondergaard/Toft will be held on court 1, match 12.

Men’s singles Anthony Sinisuka Ginting qualified for the last 16 after defeating Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. Ginting managed to defeat his national teammate with a score of 21-18 and 21-17. The 10th-ranked men’s singles defeated Chico in 40 minutes.

In the round of 16, Ginting will meet the top seed Shi Yu Qi. Ginting has met the Chinese representative 11 times. He suffered nine defeats and two wins against Shi. The meeting of the two players will be held on court 1 of the sixth match.

Meanwhile, another men’s singles player, Jonatan Christie, defeated Rasmus Gemke in the last 32 of the 2024 China Open. The eighth-ranked men’s singles player won 22-20, 21-18. He advanced to the last 16 after struggling for 55 minutes.

In the round of 16, he will meet Toma Popov Junior from France who won over Malaysian representative Leong Jun Hao. Jojo has played against the 19th ranked player three times and won every time. Jojo’s match against Toma Popov Junior will be held on court 2, seventh party.

The last meeting between the two players occurred in the last 16 of the 2023 Indonesia Open. At that time, Jojo won after playing three games with a score of 19-21, 21-11, and 21-11.

Matches on all fields will be held starting at 09.00 local time or 08.00 WIB.