Remaining Men’s Singles at BAC 2023, Ginting: Praise God Won Without Injury

Indonesia only has Anthony Sinisuka Ginting left in the 2023 BAC men’s singles or the Asian Bandminton Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ginting qualified for the quarter-finals with two wins games against Kenta Nishimoto with a score of 21-18, 21-17, Thursday (27/4/2023) evening local time.

“Praise God today to finish the match with a win and without injury. Today I took more initiative to attack because the shuttlecock was tight. Apart from that, just like yesterday, you have to implement the right strategy, you also have to maintain your focus because you have met so many times that you know each other’s game,” said Ginting via his official message to PBSI, Friday (28/4/2023) morning WIB.

On games secondly, Ginting almost lost his dominance in the game after the Japanese player he faced turned things around. Nishimoto managed to hold the advantage after repeatedly changing the pattern of the game.

This strategy made it difficult for Ginting to find the right pattern to balance his opponent.

“He tried to change the pattern and I kind of followed that pattern, but I didn’t want to be dictated to. When I was a few points behind, I also tried to change the pattern and it worked,” said Ginting.

Meanwhile, another Indonesian men’s singles, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo had to stop in the round of 16 after being defeated by eighth seed Prannoy HS from India.

Prannoy again became a stumbling block for Chico in the match which was their third meeting. With the defeat of the rubber game 16-21, 21-5, 18-21, Chico is now 1-2 behind in his meeting record against Prannoy.

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