ODENSE – Indonesian men’s singles, Jonatan Christie forced to withdraw from the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open 2021 due to back pain. With Jonathan’s resignation, there will no longer be the 2020 Thomas Cup winning squad that will appear in the semifinals Denmark Open 2021.
Previously, the men’s singles and doubles fell in the first round of the Denmark Open 2020. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting could not continue the match due to an injury against the French representative, Thomas Rouxel.
Then, the two Indonesian men’s doubles, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan and Leo Rolly Carnando/Daniel Marthin also had to settle for stopping in the first round. The Daddies – nicknamed Ahsan / Hendra – were defeated by representatives of Germany, Mark Lamsfuss / Marvin Seidel in two games (17-21 and 13-21).
Meanwhile, The Babbies -the nickname of Leo/Daniel- were defeated by representatives of Taiwan, Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan also in two games (19-21 and 19-21). Not only that, another 2020 Thomas Cup winner, Shesar Hiren Rustavito also lost to Hong Kong representative Lee Cheuk Yiu in two straight games (20-22 and 15-21).
Then, in the second round of the Denmark Open 2021, another representative of the men’s doubles of the 2020 Thomas Cup winners, namely Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, had to lose to their juniors, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Bagas Maulana in three games (21-17, 17-21 and 21). -23).
After that, another men’s doubles winner of the 2020 Thomas Cup, Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto also fell. They lost to representatives of Malaysia, Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzudin in the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open 2021.
