Jonatan lands first crown of the year in South Korea


PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie captured his first title of the year after handing an upset to Anders Antonsen of Denmark at the Korean Open men’s singles final.

Fourth seed Jonatan had to go the distance but prevailed against top seed Antonsen as the Indonesian won 21-10, 15-21, 21-17 in an hour and 15 minutes at the Suwon Gymna­sium yesterday.

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