FAJAR.CO.ID, TOKYO — Indonesian men’s singles, Jonatan Christie will appear in the final of the 2023 Japan Open badminton event.
In this match, he will face a formidable opponent who is the world number one badminton player in the men’s singles sector, namely Victor Axelsen.
The final match of the Japan Open 2023 will take place at the Yoyogi Gymnasium, Tokyo, Saturday (30/7/2023).
Jonatan Christie is the only Indonesian representative who has made it to the Japan Open 2023 final.
Making it to the final of the 2023 Japan Open is Jojo’s second record. As in 2019, he also made it to the final, but was only satisfied with being runner up.
At that time, Jonatan Christie had to admit Kento Momota’s superiority, the world’s number one men’s singles player and the host’s favorite, with a score of 16-21, 13-21.
Jojo, who is currently stuck at 9th in the BWF rankings, will again face a world number one badminton player in the final.
However, head to head also has a chance. The reason is that it was recorded that he had won from the badminton player from Denmark.
These two badminton players have met in nine meetings before this, Jojo stole two wins.
Jojo won his first victory over Axelsen at the 2019 Malaysia Open, then he recorded a second victory in the semifinals of the 2019 French Open.
After the victory, Jonathan Christie was recorded as having never won a victory again.
Four times Jonatan Christie was beaten by the alien, to be precise at the 2021 Thailand Open, 2021 Indonesia Open, 2022 Malaysia Open, and last time they met at the 2023 India Open.
