Singapore Open: ‘My Form is Back’
The all-important confidence that deserted Anthony Sinisuka Ginting has returned.
· PREM KUMAR
The world No.6 went through a slump after winning bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, having only one semifinal appearance at the Swiss Open in March to show from nine tournaments. He exited six of those early.
But despite three group stage defeats as his country’s opening singles player, his self-belief crept back with better performances at the Thomas Cup in May. In four competitions that followed, Ginting made three quarterfinals and the Indonesia Masters semis.
And today, a tussle for supremacy on Singaporean shores with Japanese youngster Kodai Naraoka resulted in the men's singles title going Ginting’s way, ending the Indonesian’s two-year barren spell.