Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Personal information
Birth name Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Country  Indonesia
Born (1996-10-20) October 20, 1996
Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's single
Highest ranking 34 (10 December 2015)
Current ranking 34 (10 December 2015)
Medal record
Competitor for  Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games
2015 Singapore Men's Team
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing Boys' Singles
World Junior Championships
2014 Alor Setar Boys' Singles
2014 Alor Setar Mixed Team
BWF profile

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (born October 20, 1996 in Cimahi[1]) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic and World Junior Championships boys' singles bronze medallist.

Personal life

The Cimahi-born shuttler of Batak descent was introduced to badminton by his father when he was in kindergarten. He is the fourth of five siblings. When he was young, he joined the PB. SGS PLN, a badminton club in Bandung, West Java. He only started to take part in tournaments at around 9 years old, or two years after I was scouted. Ginting idolizes Taufik Hidayat, the 2004 Athens Olympic men's singles gold medallist.[2]

Career

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.

Joining the national training camp early year, Ginting began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into 2014 Asia 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 2014 BWF 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.[3] 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.

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 2015 BCA Indonesia Open Superseries Premier.[4][5][6] 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.[7] Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final.
Participating in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold 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.[8]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Ginting competed in badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in boys' singles and won a bronze medal in the finals.

2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
Group stage Republic of the Congo D. N. Mananga Nzoussi 21–6,21–4 Win
Group stage Egypt Abdelrahman Hussein 21–9,21–11 Win
Group stage Sri Lanka Sachin Angoda Vidanalage 21–14, 21–15 Win
Quarterfinal Japan Kanta Tsuneyama 21–8, 14–21, 21–12 Win
Semifinal China Lin Guipu 21–19, 19–21, 17–21 Lost
Bronze-final India Aditya Joshi 21–17, 21–16 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.

2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
First round – – Bye
Second round Australia Daniel Guda 21–12, 21–13 Win
Third round Thailand Kantawat Leelavechabutr 21–10, 21–16 Win
Fourth round South Korea SEO Seung-jae 22–20, 12–21, 21–18 Win
Quarterfinal Japan Kanta Tsuneyama 21–13, 21–5 Win
Semifinal China Shi Yuqi 19–21, 15–21 Bronze

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

Team Events 20152016
Southeast Asian Games Gold NH
Asian Games NH
Thomas Cup NH
Sudirman Cup – NH
Team Events 2014
World Junior Championships Silver
Asia Junior Championships QF

Individual competitions

Event 2014
Youth Olympic Games Bronze
Event 2014
World Junior Championships Bronze
Event 20132014
Asia Junior Championships 2R QF
Tournament201420152016Best
BWF Superseries
England All England Open A
India India Open A
Malaysia Malaysia Open A
Singapore Singapore Open A
Australia Australian Open A
Indonesia Indonesia Open A QF[9] QF (2015)
Japan Japan Open A 1Q[10] 1Q (2015)
South Korea Korea Open A 2Q[11] 2Q (2015)
Denmark Denmark Open A
France French Open A
China China Open A
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open A SF[12] SF (2015)
BWF Superseries Finals NQ NQ
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Malaysia Masters A 2R 2R 2R (2015, 2016)
India Syed Modi International A 1R 1R (2016)
Thailand Thailand Masters N/A N/A
Germany German Open A
Switzerland Swiss Open A
China China Masters A
New Zealand New Zealand Open A
United States U.S. Open A
Canada Canada Open A
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open 3R QF QF (2015)
Russia Russian Open A
Vietnam Vietnam Open 1R SF SF (2015)
Thailand Thailand Open N/A 2R 2R (2015)
Netherlands Dutch Open A
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Masters N/A QF QF (2015)
Germany Bitburger Open A
South Korea Korea Masters A 2R 2R (2015)
Scotland Scottish Open A
Brazil Brasil Open A
Macau Macau Open A 2R 2R (2015)
Indonesia Indonesian Masters 1R SF SF (2015)
United States K & D Graphics A
Mexico Mexico City Grand Prix N/A A

Record against selected opponents

Head to head (H2H) against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Biografi". Badminton Association of Indonesia. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Anthony eyes top 50 breakthrough". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Putting it briefly: Anthony wins bronze at Youth Games". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Satwiko, Wimbo. "Young shuttler Anthony steps up to cruise into BCA Indonesia Open quarterfinals". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap enter quarters, K Srikanth knocked out of Indonesia Open". The Indian Express. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Home qualifiers remain unstoppable at BCA Open". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Indonesia left with no singles contender at BCA Open". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Badminton: Chen beats Lee in Chinese Taipei Open q-finals". The Straits Times. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ "BCA Indonesia Open 2015: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Yonex Open Japan 2015: MS - Qualification". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Victor Korea Open 2015: MS - Qualification". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2015: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Anthony Sinisuka Ginting's Profile – Head To Head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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