PETALING JAYA: There appears to be a shift in the pecking order of Indonesia’s men’s singles after the contrasting fortunes of Jonatan Christie and Alwi Farhan in the second round of the All-England on Thursday (March 5) in Birmingham.
The 2024 champion Jonatan bowed out after going down 19-21, 12-21 to Taiwan’s Lin Chun-yi, while Thailand SEA Games winner Alwi upset Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen 21-13, 21-19 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Jonatan is currently Indonesia's top player at the world No. 4 followed by the 20-year-old Alwi (14), Moh Zaki (40), Prahdiska Bagas (40), Muhamad Yusuf (50), Anthony Ginting (51), Chico Aura (55).
The 2023 world junior champion Alwi will face second seed and 2023 world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand for a place in the semi-finals on Friday (March 6).
“The race is open with the defeat of many top players … anyone can win it,” Alwi told Media Indonesia.
It is Alwi’s first appearance at the All-England while, surprisingly, it is also Kunlavut’s first quarter-final after failing to get past the early rounds in his previous six attempts.
Except for Li Shifeng, who won the title in 2023, the remaining contenders are all chasing their first All-England crown.
Shifeng will face India’s Lakshya Sen next while the other quarter-final match-ups are Lin Chun-yi versus France’s Christo Popov and Canada’s Victor Lai against Japan’s Koki Watanabe.
RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS
Men's singles: Lakshya Sen (Ind) bt Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-19, 21-23, 21-10; Lin Chun-yi (Tpe) bt Jonatan Christie (Ina) 21-19, 21-12; Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Nhat Nguyen (Irl) 17-21, 21-12, 21-11; Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) bt Toma Junior Popov (Fra) 19-21, 21-9, 21-13; Christo Popov (Fra) bt Loh Kean Yew (Sin) 21-12, 21-17; Alwi Farhan (Ina) bt Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) 21-13, 21-19; Koki Watanabe (Jpn) bt Leong Jun Hao (Mas) 21-9, 21-13; Victor Lai (Can) bt Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 21-12, 21-18.
Men's doubles: Chen Boyang-Liu Yi (Chn) bt Kang Khai Xing-Aaron Tai (Mas) 21-19, 21-17; Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun (Mas) bt Chiu Hsiang-chieh-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) 21-14, 21-18; Rian Ardianto-Rahmat Hidayat (Ina) bt Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani (Mas) 23-21, 21-16; Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang (Chn) bt Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan (Tpe) 21-17, 14-21, 21-11; Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin (Ina) bt Fajar Alfian-Shohibul Fikri (Ina) 8-21, 21-14, 21-16; Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae (Kor) bt Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) 21-14, 21-16; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) bt Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King (Mas) 21-15, 18-21, 21-18; Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov (Fra) bt Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Jpn) 21-10, 15-21, 21-19.
Women's singles: Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) bt Michelle Li (Can) 21-16, 24-22; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Natsuki Nidaira (Jpn) 21-9, 21-16; Putri Kusuma (Ina) bt Kim Ga-eun (Kor) 25-23, 21-15; An Se-young (Kor) bt Lin Hsiang-ti (Tpe) 21-15, 21-11; Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Chiu Pin-chian (Tpe) 21-19, 21-17; Line Christophersen (Den) bt Yeo Jia Min (Sin) 21-18, 21-11; Wang Zhiyi (Chn) bt Supanida Katethong (Tha) 21-19, 21-18; Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) bt Riko Gunji (Jpn) 18-21, 21-15, 24-22.
Women's doubles: Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian (Chn) bt Kaho Osawa-Mai Tanabe (Jpn) 21-7, 22-20; Sayaka Hirota-Ayako Sakuramoto (Jpn) bt Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva (Bul) 21-6, 21-17; Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee (Kor) bt Margot Lambert-Camille Pognante (Fra) 21-8, 21-7; Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto (Jpn) bt Amallia Cahaya-Siti Fadia (Ina) 21-15, 21-16; Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning (Chn) bt Francesca Corbett-Jennie Gai (US) 21-13, 21-16; Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (Mas) bt Lee Seo-jin-Lee Yeon-woo (Kor) 21-14, 21-14; Hsieh Pei-shan-Hung En-tzu (Tpe) bt Rui Hirokami-Sayaka Hobara (Jpn) 21-19, 21-12; Febriana Dwipuji-Meilysa Trias (Ina) bt Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (Jpn) 21-11, 18-21, 21-17.
Mixed doubles: Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Yuichi Shimogami-Sayaka Hobara (Jpn) 21-18, 21-11; Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Tha) bt Yang Po-hsuan-Hu Ling-fang (Tpe) 21-15, 13-21, 21-15; Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie (Mas) 21-16, 21-18; Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina (Ina) bt Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Alberta (Ina) 22-20, 21-18; Guo Xinwa-Chen Fanghui (Chn) bt Alexander Dunn-Julie Macpherson (Sco) 21-19, 21-19; Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) bt Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto (Ind) 21-19, 9-8 rtd; Ye Hongwei-Nicole Chan (Tpe) bt Rasmus Espersen-Amalie Cecilie (Den) 21-14, 21-16; Mads Vestergaard-Christina Busch (Den) bt Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) 18-21, 21-18, 21-17.
