Jonatan Christie, winner of the Denmark Open 2025. (Photo: PBSI)
LIMA The badminton players who shone after leaving the PBSI national training course are interesting to review. One of them is Jonathan Christie.
Yes, a big decision was taken by a number of Indonesian badminton players. They chose to leave PBSI national training to pursue careers as professional players.
However, the players can show sweet progress after leaving the PBSI national training. In fact, his career could be said to be more successful than when he was still at national training. This is proven by the many championship titles that can be achieved.
Here are 5 badminton players who shone after leaving PBSI National Training Center:
1. Jonathan Christie
One of the badminton players who shone after leaving the PBSI national training was Jonatan Christie. Indonesia’s current best men’s singles player decided to leave the national training team on May 15 2025.
Jonathan still has a sweet gait, even though he no longer trains at the PBSI national training. Evidently, Jonathan has just won the prestigious title at the Denmark Open 2025. He even won this title after defeating the world number 1 player, Shi Yu Qi, in the final.
Before winning the 2025 Denmark Open, Jonathan also had great success at the 2025 Korea Open. There, he also managed to climb the highest podium.
2. Mohammad Ahsan
Then, there is Mohammad Ahsan. He announced that he would resign from the PBSI national training in 2018. The reason was that at that time, Ahsan wanted to look for a new atmosphere by choosing a professional path.
Apart from that, noble reasons were also behind Ahsan’s decision. He wants to give opportunities to young athletes. Because by withdrawing, there is an empty quota that can be filled by other players in the men’s doubles sector.
3. Hendra Setiawan
In line with Ahsan, his playing partner, Hendra Setiawan, also left national training in 2018. They then played together as professional players.
This pair continues to show extraordinary progress. They won many prestigious titles with the status of non-national training players, including champions of the 2019 BWF World Tour Finals, All England 2019, and world champions in the same year.
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