Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

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Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting - Indonesia Masters 2018.jpg
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 24)[1]
Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Years active2013–present
HandednessRight
CoachHendri Saputra
Men's singles
Career record192 wins, 110 losses
Highest ranking3 (18 February 2020)
Current ranking5 (16 February 2021)
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Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's singles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Men's team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Men's team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing Boys' singles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Boys' singles
BWF profile

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (born 20 October 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player.[1] He first rose to prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2020 Olympics, he won bronze in the men's singles event.[2] He became the first Youth Olympic badminton medalist to win a medal at the Olympics, having also won bronze in 2014.[3]

Early life[]

The badminton player who was born in Cimahi, of Karo descent, was introduced to badminton by his father when he was still in kindergarten. He is the fourth of five children. As a child, he joined PB SGS PLN in Bandung, West Java, a badminton club that fostered Indonesian badminton legend Taufik Hidayat. He started participating in tournaments around the age of 9 years old, two years after he was scouted.[4]

Career[]

2013–2014: World Junior Championships and Youth Olympics bronze medals[]

Ginting participated at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, Vietnam International Challenge, Maldives International Challenge, Malaysia International Challenge and Asia Junior Championships in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

In 2014, Ginting joining the national training camp early year, he began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into Asian Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on February. In the quarterfinals, he was halted with a 13–21, 15–21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan. Ginting then participated at the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia where he won a boys' singles bronze medal after bowed out in the semifinal to Shi Yuqi of China for 19–21, 15–21. He also competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China and brought home a bronze medal after beating Aditya Joshi of India in the bronze-final match with a straight games 21–17, 21–16.[5] In addition to competing in some international challenge tournaments, he also played in the BWF Grand Prix tournaments such as Chinese Taipei Open, Vietnam Open and Indonesian Masters.

2015–2016: First Indonesia Open and Thomas Cup Final[]

Starting his journey as a rookie in the BWF Superseries event from the qualifying stage, Ginting moved into the quarterfinals after creating an upset with a rubber games 14–21, 22–20, 21–13 win over India's top shuttler and fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi in the second round of the Indonesia Open.[6][7][8] His Indonesia Open campaign was eventually halted after losing to the eighth seed and 2012 BWF World Junior champion Kento Momota of Japan in quarterfinals with a rubber games 21–13, 16–21, 15–21.That was the beginning of his meeting with the Indonesia Open champion.[9]At the Hong Kong Open, Ginting met again with Kento Momota in the second round and finally Ginting was able to get his revenge by defeating him 21-7, 21-15. Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final.

Participating in the Chinese Taipei Open as an unheralded shuttler, Ginting reached the quarterfinals after defeating twelfth-seeded fellow Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka with a straight sets 21–16, 21–14 in the third round of the tournament. In the first round, he surprisingly upset the eighth seed and 2009 BWF World Junior Champion Tian Houwei of China with a stunning 21–13, 21–14 victory. He then lost to the defending champion, former world No. 1 and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan of China with a straight games 7–21, 20–22 in the quarterfinals.[10]

In 2016, Ginting with the Indonesian men's team participating in the Thomas Cup, the team managed to reach the final after beating South Korea in the 3–1 semi final and bringing the Indonesian men's team to the final. In the final, the team was challenged by Denmark as the host. The Indonesian men's team was defeated by Denmark 3–2 on aggregate in the final. Ginting with the Indonesian men's team also succeeded in bringing the men's team trophy to the Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad, India. They beat Japan 3–2 on aggregate. At the Australian open event, Ginting managed to reach the semi-finals after defeating the 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long in the quarter final.

2017: First title in Korea opens and debut at the Sudirman Cup[]

In 2017, Ginting won his first title in the Korea Open after beating compatriot Jonatan Christie through a rubber game 21–13, 19–21, 22–20. At the 2017 Sudirman Cup, Ginting helps the Indonesian team to score a point when defeating 2017 world champion Viktor Axelsen with a score of 13–21, 21–17, 21–14. Indonesia managed to beat Denmark 2–3 on aggregate, but placed in the bottom position of the standings, after lost to India 1–4 a day before.

2018: The first title in the country and the nickname of the giant killer[]

Entering 2018 Ginting started his BWF world tour brilliantly, he managed to become the champion in his homeland of the Indonesia Masters, he managed to beat Kazumasa Sakai in the Final with a score of 13-21, 12-21. Ginting and the Indonesian men's team also managed to win again in these Asia Team Championships after beating China 3-1 on aggregate in the final.

The 2018 Asian Games is a special event for Indonesia because it has a long time span since Indonesia hosted the 1962 Asian Games, which is 56 years and of course Indonesia also wants to excel in its favorite sport, badminton. Ginting started Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's team well with his friends in the men's team, he made it to the final against China, in the final game Ginting had to face Shi Yuqi the match was very exciting, the first game was won by Ginting but Shi Yuqi was able to overtake and win the second game, the struggle The determining game was fierce and a rubber game but very recently the ginting experienced cramps in his leg so he injured himself and had to lose with a score of 14-21, 23-21, 21-20, Retired. In the end, Indonesia had to recognize China's superiority by winning 3-1, one victory was won by Marcus Kevin. Ginting then started his match again in Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's singles the Individual category he had to face 2018 badminton world champion Kento Momota in the second round and 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long in the quarter-finals. Ginting managed to beat the two of them in straight games. In the semifinals he had to face Chou Tien-chen, the match was very exciting but Ginting had to admit Chou's superiority with a thin score of 16-21, 23-21, 21-17 Ginting had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.

Ginting then took a world tour by participating in the China Open tournament, in which Ginting had to fight difficult opponents for the World champion and Olympic Games Lin Dan, 2017 badminton World champion Viktor Axelsen, World champion and Olympic badminton champion Chen Long and in the semifinals again had to faced off against Asian Games Finalist Chou Tien-chen and in the Final he had to face off against the 2018 World champion Kento Momota. Ginting managed to prove he was worthy of being reckoned with by defeating many of the world's badminton champions, because of that he was named the giant killer in the tournament.

2019–2020: Finalists in five tournaments and second title in Indonesia Masters[]

Ginting hit an imperfect shuttlecock to Anders Antonsen court in the final of the 2020 Indonesia Masters
Ginting against Anders Antonsen in the final of the 2020 Indonesia Masters

Ginting kicked-off the 2020 season in Malaysia Masters as eight seed. Unfortunately, he was defeated by unseeded player Huang Yuxiang in the first round in straight games.[11] A week later, in home soil Indonesia Masters tournament, he finally clinched his first title since the 2018 China Open. Ginting defeated the defending champion Anders Antonsen of Denmark in the final.[12] In February, he helped the Indonesian men's team defend the Asia Team Championships title.[13] Ginting reached a career high as world number 3 in the world ranking on 18 February 2020.[14] In March, the fourth seed Ginting, fell in the early round of Super 1000 tournament All England Open to Rasmus Gemke of Denmark. This is for the fifth time, he has defeated in the early round of the historical tournament All England Open, since his debut in 2016.[15]

2021: Bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games[]

In 2021, Ginting competed at the 2020 Asian Leg tournament held in Thailand as a fifth seed. At the Yonex Thailand Open, he lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the semi-finals,[16] while at the Toyota Thailand Open he lost to Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong in the second round.[17] Ranked as number 9 in the season-end ranking, Ginting then secured a spot to compete at the World Tour Finals.[18] Ginting won his first Olympic medal when he beat Kevin Cordón in the bronze medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indonesian Olympic medalist in the men's singles badminton event since Sony Dwi Kuncoro in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[19]

Awards and nominations[]

Award Year Category Result Ref.
BWF Awards 2018 Most Improved Player of the Year Nominated [20]
Forbes 2019 30 Under 30 Indonesia (Sports) Placed [21]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Athlete Won [22]

Achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–11, 21–13 Bronze medal.svg Bronze

Asian Games[]

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen 21–16, 21–23, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Youth Olympic Games[]

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China India Aditya Joshi 21–17, 21–16 Bronze medal.svg Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia China Shi Yuqi 19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[23] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[24]

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Japan Kazumasa Sakai 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 China Open Super 1000 Japan Kento Momota 23–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Japan Kento Momota 21–10, 19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Indonesia Jonatan Christie 17–21, 21–13, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 China Open Super 1000 Japan Kento Momota 21–19, 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu 21–16, 10–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Kento Momota 21–17, 17–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Denmark Anders Antonsen 17–21, 21–15, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title)[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[25] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[26] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Korea Open Indonesia Jonatan Christie 21–13, 19–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  Superseries tournament
  Superseries Premier tournament
  Superseries Finals tournament

Participation with Indonesian team[]

  • 2 times at Sudirman Cup (2017, 2019)
  • 2 times at Thomas Cup (2016, 2018)
  • 3 times at Badminton Asia Team Championships (2016, 2018, 2020)
  • 2 times at Southeast Asian Games (2015, 2019)
  • 1 time at Asian Games (2018)

Performance timeline[]

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team[]

  • Junior level
Team events 2014
Asian Junior Championships QF
World Junior Championships S
  • Senior level
Team events 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Southeast Asian Games G NH A NH G NH
Asia Team Championships NH G NH G NH G NH
Asian Games NH S NH
Thomas Cup NH S NH B NH NH
Sudirman Cup A NH RR NH B NH

Individual competitions[]

  • Junior level
Events 2013 2014
Asian Junior Championships 2R QF
World Junior Championships A B
Youth Olympic Games NH B
  • Senior level
Events 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Asian Championships 1R 1R 2R 1R NH
Asian Games NH B NH
World Championships NH 2R 2R 3R NH
Olympic Games DNQ NH B
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Best
BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour
Thailand Masters NH A SF A NH SF ('17)
Swiss Open A SF A SF NH A SF ('17, '19)
German Open A QF A NH QF ('18)
All England Open A Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R w/d 1R ('17, '18, '19, '20)
Malaysia Masters A 2R 2R SF QF QF 1R SF ('17)
New Zealand Open A 3R A QF NH QF ('19)
Australian Open A SF 2R A F NH F ('19)
Malaysia Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R NH 1R ('16, '17, '18, '19)
Singapore Open A 1R SF A F NH F ('19)
Korea Masters A 2R A NH 2R ('15)
Thailand Open NH 2R A SF NH SF ('20)
2R
Korea Open A Q2 A W QF 2R NH W ('17)
Taipei Open 3R QF A NH A QF ('15)
Vietnam Open 1R SF A NH SF ('15)
China Open A 1R W F NH W ('18)
Japan Open A Q1 A 1R QF QF NH QF ('18, '19)
Syed Modi International A 1R A NH 1R ('16)
Denmark Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R ('17, '18, '19)
French Open A 2R QF 1R SF NH SF ('19)
Macau Open A 2R 3R A NH 3R ('16)
SaarLorLux Open A 1R A 1R ('16)
Fuzhou China Open A QF 1R NH QF ('18)
Hong Kong Open A SF 1R 1R 2R F NH F ('19)
Indonesia Masters 1R SF 1R NH W QF W W ('18, '20)
Indonesia Open A QF 1R 1R 2R 2R NH QF ('15)
Chinese Taipei Masters NH QF A NH QF ('15)
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ GS F GS F ('19)
Year-end ranking 203 35 40 13 7 7 6 3
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Best

Record against selected opponents[]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 2 August 2021.[27]

References[]

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