The final is not enough if you don’t win

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Indonesian men’s singles player Jonatan Christie failed to win the BWF Super 750 China Masters 2024 badminton tournament which was held in Shenzhen, China, Sunday (24/11/2024). The final result was not enough for him, because what he wanted was the championship title.

“Some matches have quite good results, but getting to the semifinals or final is not enough if you don’t win. “That’s what’s still bothering me,” said Jonatan Christie.

Jonatan Christie had to acknowledge the greatness of Danish player Anders Antonsen 15-21 and 13-21 in the 2024 China Masters final. He also had to be satisfied with being runner up.

“Once again getting to the final is not enough, but overall my performance this week was quite good. “Praise God, God has helped a lot,” said this player from Jakarta.

Jojo, nicknamed Jonatan Christie, praised Anders Antonsen’s game which was very efficient and very calm both in attack and defense.

“Indeed, the strategy and game pattern demonstrated by Antonsen today was very efficient. “I got carried away by his tempo, I became impatient, rushed and made a lot of my own mistakes,” he said.

According to Jonatan Christie, his game in the 2024 China Masters final against Anders Antonsen was very below his best performance.

Facing Antonsen in the China Masters final, Jonatan Christie seemed to have quite a difficult time controlling the game. The player from Jakarta was quite far behind with a score of 6-16.

However, Jonathan Christie, who was the sixth seed at the China Masters, remained calm and maintained focus so he managed to catch up slowly by winning six points in a row and narrowing the margin to 11-16.

However, in the end, Jonatan Christie surrendered 15-21 to Antonsen, who was the third seed.

In the second game, the game was more interesting. Jonathan had a narrow lead 8-6, but Antonsen equalized and took over the position by winning the second game interval 11-8.

After the second game interval, Jonathan Christie was still trying to control the game. He implemented more aggressive attacks. Unfortunately, Antonsen’s game remained strong by winning 21-13 and winning the 2024 China Masters.