BAC 2023 Final: Opposing Loh Kean Yew, Anthony Ginting “On the Wind”

– Anthony Sinisuka Ginting has “the upper hand” to win the men’s singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) 2023. In the final, Anthony Ginting will face Singapore’s representative Loh Kean Yew, Sunday (30/4/2023) ) night WIB.

Ginting’s match against Loh will be the fourth final in the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Al Nasr Club, Dubai.

The first final will start with the women’s doubles number between Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota from Japan to meet South Korean representatives Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee at 13.00 local time or 16.00 WIB.

Ginting is the favorite to win because he has beaten Loh three times before. It should be noted that Ginting is the second seed, while Loh is the eighth seed in this championship.

The two have met five times with results, Ginting won three times and everything was achieved in their last three meetings.

In the first two meetings with Loh, namely at the 2014 Indonesian Masters and the 2022 Thomas Cup, Ginting always lost. But after that, Ginting dominated and always won.

The first match against Loh that Ginting won was in the semifinals of the 2022 Singapore Open. At that time Ginting won, 21-17, 21-14. Ginting was again able to beat Loh in the quarter-finals of the Hylo Open 2022. Ginting won with a score of 21-13 and 21-14.

Ginting’s third victory over the 25-year-old player occurred at the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals. In the match in Bangkok, Thailand, Ginting also won with a score of 21-13, 23-21.

Anthony Ginting advanced to the BAC 2023 final after defeating Kante Tsuneyama in the semifinals 21-13 and 21-16 with a duration of 37 minutes.

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