1 and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan of China with a straight games 7–21, 20–22 in the quarterfinals. He then lost to the defending champion, former world No. 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. Participating in the Chinese Taipei Open 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. Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final. At the Hong Kong Open, Ginting met again with Kento Momota in the second round and finally Ginting was able to get his revenge by defeating him 21-7, 21-15. 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.That was the beginning of his meeting with the Indonesia Open champion. 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 Indonesia Open. 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.Ģ015–2016: First Indonesia Open and Thomas Cup Final 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. Ginting then participated at the 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.
In the quarterfinals, he was halted with a 13–21, 15–21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan. In 2014, Ginting joining the national training camp early year, he began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into Asian Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on February. 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. Career 2013–2014: World Junior Championships and Youth Olympics bronze medals
He started participating in tournaments around the age of 9 years old, two years after he was scouted. As a child, he joined PB SGS PLN in Bandung, West Java, a badminton club that fostered Indonesian badminton legend Taufik Hidayat. The badminton player who was born in Cimahi, of Karo descent, was introduced to badminton by his father when he was still in kindergarten. 4.5 BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up).2.6 2021: Olympic bronze medal and Thomas Cup champion.2.5 2019–2020: Finalists in five tournaments and second title in Indonesia Masters.2.4 2018: The first title in the country and the nickname of the giant killer.2.3 2017: First title in Korea opens and debut at the Sudirman Cup.2.2 2015–2016: First Indonesia Open and Thomas Cup Final.2.1 2013–2014: World Junior Championships and Youth Olympics bronze medals.
Ginting was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. He became the first Youth Olympic badminton medalist to win a medal at the Olympics, having also won bronze in 2014. At the 2020 Olympics, he won bronze in the men's singles event. He first rose to prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ( Indonesian pronunciation: born October 20, 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player.