Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
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Personal information |
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Birth name |
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
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Country |
Indonesia |
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Born |
(1996-10-20) October 20, 1996 Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia |
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Height |
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
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Weight |
64 kg (141 lb) |
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Handedness |
Right |
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Men's singles |
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Highest ranking |
22 (2 June 2016) |
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Current ranking |
22 (2 June 2016) |
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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-Karo 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 he 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
Youth Olympic Games
Ginting competed in badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in boys' singles and won a bronze medal in the finals.
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.
Participation at Indonesian team
- 1 times at Thomas Cup (2016)
- 1 times at Badminton Asia Team Championships (2016)
- 1 times at SEA Games (2015)
Indonesian team
Individual competitions
Record against selected opponents
Head to head (H2H) against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[19]
References
- ↑ "Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Biografi". Badminton Association of Indonesia. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Anthony eyes top 50 breakthrough". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Putting it briefly: Anthony wins bronze at Youth Games". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ↑ Satwiko, Wimbo. "Young shuttler Anthony steps up to cruise into BCA Indonesia Open quarterfinals". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap enter quarters, K Srikanth knocked out of Indonesia Open". The Indian Express. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Home qualifiers remain unstoppable at BCA Open". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ↑ Wardany, Irawaty. "Indonesia left with no singles contender at BCA Open". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Badminton: Chen beats Lee in Chinese Taipei Open q-finals". The Straits Times. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Youth Olympic Games". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ↑ "YONEX All England Open 2016: MS - Qualification". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2016: MS draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ "OUE Singapore Open 2016: MS draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "XIAMENAIR Australian Badminton Open 2016: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "BCA Indonesia Open 2015: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "BCA Indonesia Open 2016: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Yonex Open Japan 2015: MS - Qualification". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Victor Korea Open 2015: MS - Qualification". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ "YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2015: MS Draw". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Anthony Sinisuka Ginting's Profile – Head To Head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
External links
BWF World Rankings: Top 10 Indonesian Badminton Players as of August 3, 2017 |
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Men's Singles (MS) | Women's Singles (WS) | Men's Doubles (MD) | Women's Doubles (WD) | Mixed Doubles (XD) |
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