The 2024 Asian Badminton Championships held in Ningbo, the national feather has players in the five major individual events to reach the finals, including the men's singles Li Shifeng even defeated a strong opponent, for the national feather to maintain the hope of winning the championship, the last match day, Li Shifeng in the men's singles peak duel, encountered the Indonesian star Jonatan, the two players in the past world series, a total of 5 encounters, Jonatan with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss, completely overwhelmed Li Shifeng, but the most recent meeting between the two was in the year-end finals last season, when Li Shifeng swept Jonatan in two straight games, breaking the invincible curse in the face of the latter, and now meet again, Li Shifeng who is fighting at homeAfter the game started, Jonatan's flexible tactical play made Li Shifeng very passive, and he followed the rhythm of the opponent in both games, and finally saw the opponent win the men's singles championship trophy 2-0 at his home stadium!
In this Asian Championships, Jonatan gave fans the deepest impression that he rose very obviously, facing Shi Yuqi in the semifinals, the advantage in front of the net is huge, which is also the most important reason why he can reach the finals, this game faces Li Shifeng, Jonatan made a fuss in front of the net as soon as he came up in the first game, because both of them are speed hanging players, the beginning is tentatively pushing the bottom line, wanting to find the state as soon as possible, Jonatan's sudden point in front of the net in the holding stage made Li Shifeng very passive, and soon established a 3-1 lead, but the coaching staff of the national feather must have studied Jonatan before the game, and after Li Shifeng strengthened the defense of the net and volleyed, he quickly smoothed out the point difference, the two also bit the score to 7 draws, and at the moment of stalemate, Jonatan's changeable return line allowed him to grasp the initiative again, scoring 4 points in a row with an 11-7 lead, and entered the technical timeout.
Li Shifeng at the end of the pause, after returning to the court, obviously began to speed up, and at the same time, in order to limit the opponent's offense, more push Jonatan's backhand bottom line, forcing the latter to turn around, with a highly targeted style of play, Li Shifeng quickly chased the score to 14-15, when the situation was good, continuous mistakes buried Li Shifeng's efforts, Jonatan stabilized his position, 21-15 to get off to a good start.
Jonatan, who won the first game, played more resolutely in the second game, and continued to consume and mobilize Li Shifeng in a wide range of front and back courts, with his extremely high-quality point kills, and once again gained the upper hand in the opening game, and soon established an 8-5 lead, although Li Shifeng tried his best to limit Jonatan's attack, but the effect was not good, and he watched the opponent end the first half of the game with 11-5.
Li Shifeng, who was cornered, returned to the game again, obviously accelerated the pace, and began to frequently surf the Internet, wanting to use volleys to complete a quick score, although it also achieved certain results, but his tactical intentions were quickly understood by Jonathan, who feinted to push the net before shaking Li Shifeng's center of gravity, and then picked the backcourt can always easily complete the score, which also allowed him to withstand Li Shifeng's counterattack and lock the victory with 21-16.
In two consecutive games, defeating Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng away from home to win the men's singles championship, Jonatan let fans see the results of his hard training, and now he is getting closer and closer to the Paris Olympics.