Head to Head Ginting vs Shi Yu Qi

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The Indonesian men's badminton team fielded their best strength to win the 2024 Thomas Cup title at the Chengdu Hi Tech Zone Sports Center Gymnasium, Chengdu, China, Sunday (5/5/2024), starting at 17.00 WIB. The following is the line-up for Indonesia vs China. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting remains the first men's singles player and faces Shi Yu Qi in the first match of the Thomas Cup final.

Seen from head to head, these two top players have met quite often on the field. Shi won eight wins from 10 meetings. However, their last meeting at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals was won by Ginting 11-21, 21-7, 21-17.

In the 2024 Thomas Cup series of matches, Ginting suffered one defeat in five appearances, while Shi has never lost a single defeat in five matches so far.

With fairly balanced strength, Ginting has an open opportunity to score the first point for Indonesia in the top round of the 2024 Thomas Cup.

In men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto will meet world number one pair Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang. Liang/Weng lead 4-2 over Fajar/Rian. Liang/Wang have lost twice from five appearances in the 2024 Thomas Cup series. Fajar/Rian have so far won three matches.

With fairly balanced strength, the battle between the two best pairs from their respective countries is worth looking forward to.

Moving on to the third match, Indonesia fielded Jonatan Christie who will face Li Shi Feng. Head-to-head, Jonathan is 5-1 ahead of Li. Jonathan won the last victory at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) in straight games.

With Jonatan Christie having never lost in his five appearances in the 2024 Thomas Cup, there is certainly high hope that Jonatan can be one of the determinants of Indonesia's victory in this team championship.

In the fourth match of the Thomas Cup final, the second doubles from Indonesia is Bagas Maulana/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri who will challenge He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu. The two pairs can be said to have equal abilities, with Bagas/Fikri winning 2-1 in their three meetings.

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo will spearhead the 2024 Thomas Cup final and is scheduled to meet Lu Guang Zu. So far, they have drawn 1-1 in both meetings, with the last victory recorded by Chico in the semifinals of the 2022 Malaysia Masters.

This is the 22nd Thomas Cup final appearance for the Red and White squad, and the third final in a row.

The Indonesian men's team took home the last Thomas Cup in 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark. This victory was an achievement that was highly appreciated by badminton fans, because Indonesia managed to win the Thomas Cup in the tournament after fasting for a title for 19 years.

However, in 2022, Indonesia emerged as runnerup after losing to the Indian men's badminton team.