Tokyo 2020 Olympics Badminton Results - Ups and Downs Ginting
Ginting became Indonesia's only hope in the men's singles after Jonathan Christie was knocked out in the first round of knockout. He managed to advance to the semifinals after defeating the Danish badminton player, Anders Antonsen.
This victory led Ginting to become the first Indonesian badminton player to reach the Olympic semifinals after 17 years. 17 years ago, namely in 2004, Taufik Hidayat managed to bring Indonesia's name to the semifinals and even then to bring home the gold medal.
Ginting's record makes him expected to match Taufik Hidayat's achievements at the 2004 Athens Olympics. However, the gold medal hopes had to be dashed because Ginting was defeated by the defending Olympic men's singles champion, Chen Long.
The badminton player from China is listed as the defending champion because he won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The semifinal match between Ginting and Chen Long was held on Sunday (1/8/2021) at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo, Japan.
At the beginning of the match, Ginting had made two mistakes that made him fall behind.However, Ginting made a slick smash that made the score 1-2. The scores of the two players then chased each other and often beautiful rallies were created between the two. However, Chen Long actually skyrocketed and won with a score of 11-6 in the first game interval. After the interval, Ginting slowly cut the difference in points from Chen Long to three points. Despite being overtaken, Chen Long closed the first game by winning 21-16.
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Entering the second game, Ginting was depressed because he made a number of mistakes that left him 2-6 behind.
Ginting then got up and balanced the position to 6-6. However, Ginting instead looked nervous and repeated the mistake so that he fell behind 6-11 in the second game interval. Despite falling behind, Ginting tried hard to catch up to Chen Long's score after the second game interval. Ginting then got up and balanced the position to 6-6. However, Ginting instead looked nervous and repeated the mistake so that he fell behind 6-11 in the second game interval. Despite falling behind, Ginting tried hard to catch up to Chen Long's score after the second game interval.The 24-year-old badminton player is eyeing the opportunity to bring the match to the third game or rubber game. The difference in scores was cut to "only" three points, namely 12-9, but Chen Long was getting further away from Ginting's pursuit. Chen Long closed the second game with a landslide victory 21-11.
Ginting then got up and balanced the position to 6-6. However, Ginting instead looked nervous and repeated the mistake so that he fell behind 6-11 in the second game interval. Despite falling behind, Ginting tried hard to catch up to Chen Long's score after the second game interval.The 24-year-old badminton player is eyeing the opportunity to bring the match to the third game or rubber game. The difference in scores was cut to "only" three points, namely 12-9, but Chen Long was getting further away from Ginting's pursuit. Chen Long closed the second game with a landslide victory 21-11.
While Ginting still has the opportunity to bring home a medal if he wins in the bronze medal contest.
In the bronze medal contest, Kevin Cordon was waiting for Ginting, who wrote an extraordinary story at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The final match and the bronze medal will be held on Monday (2/8/2021).
