Jakarta –
Jonathan Christie reveal the pluses and minuses of the venue change Indonesia Open from Istora to the Indoor Multifunction Stadium (IMS) venue. One of them is about the support of more and more badminton lovers.
News Indonesia Open The chairman of the Indonesia Open 2023 organizing committee, Armand Darmaji, will move the venue starting next year.
The large IMS capacity factor is the main reason for the plan to relocate this venue. If Istora can only accommodate 6,000 spectators, then IMS will have around 16,088 seats.
That way, the great interest of badminton lovers (BL) will be accommodated when the Indonesia Open is held at IMS.
“Actually, I just heard the news at the press conference here. Yes, I think that next year we have to move, there will be good and bad,” said Jonathan in his press conference.
“The bad thing is, Istora has become a real icon for world badminton events. If you play in Indonesia, you will definitely play at Istora,” he said.
“Besides that, we have also been playing at Istora for decades. Indeed, we did play at the JCC in 2017, but the aura is very different, the atmosphere feels different. So I don’t know if next year (Indonesia Open) will move to the Indonesia Arena. what it’s like,” Jonathan explained.
Even so, Jojo, close call Jonathan Christie, there is still something good to be gained from the change in venue.
“The capacity will be greatly increased, so more badminton lovers will come and support us,” said the 2023 Indonesia Masters champion.
Jonathan himself at the 2023 Indonesia Open successfully stepped into the second round. He defeated Kanta Tsuneyama from Japan in a straight game duel, 21-17, 21-10.
The 2018 Asian Games champion will face Toma Junior Popov in the next round. Popov also qualified for the last 16 of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament after eliminating Lin Chun Yi 21-18, 21-15.
Jonathan has so far never lost to Popov, who is the French men’s singles.
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2023-06-14 12:50:40
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