JUARA.NET – Indonesian men’s singles player Jonatan Christie has successfully risen in the latest BWF rankings after performing well at the 2024 Asian Championships.
Jonatan Christie successfully completed the 2024 Asian Championship competition with encouraging results.
Men’s singles, who is familiarly called Jojo, won the title after defeating the host’s representative, Li Shi Feng.
Jojo made Li fall in a battle of two straight games with a score of 21-16, 21-15.
This victory not only resulted in Jojo winning the title but also increasing his BWF ranking this week.
In the latest BWF ranking release on April 16 2024, Jonathan managed to move up two places from fifth to third in the world, displacing his compatriot, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
Ginting, which was previously in third place in the world, has now dropped four places to seventh in the world.
In line with Jonathan, Li also experienced an increase, the difference is that the Chinese men’s singles only rose one place.
Li, who had to be satisfied with the runner up position at the Asian Championships, has now risen to sixth place in the world.
On the other hand, the world number 1 position is still held by Viktor Axelsen, who has just had poor results in the 2024 European Championship competition.
