Anthony Ginting Cancels Playing in All England

JAKARTA, KOMPAS—Anthony Sinisuka Ginting achieved his best result in the All England badminton tournament by reaching the final in 2024. A similar result cannot be achieved or improved upon as Anthony will not compete in the All England 2025.

Ginting has recovered from an arm injury, but must be better prepared to take part in major tournaments.

A week before the tournament at Utilita Arena Birmingham, England, March 11-16, Anthony's withdrawal was announced by PP PBSI. "Ginting has recovered from his arm injury, but he needs to be better prepared to participate in major tournaments. Therefore, we opted for preventive measures to avoid the recurrence of his injury," said the Head of Development and Achievement Division of PP PBSI, Eng Hian, in Jakarta, Tuesday (4/3/2025).

Anthony's resignation was made before the BWF conducted the draw on Tuesday. Thus, Indonesia's men's singles will be represented by the defending champion, Jonatan Christie, and Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.

At the 2024 All England, Jonatan stood on the highest podium. In the men's doubles competition, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto followed in the footsteps of several of their seniors who had won the All England two times or more.

Before Fajar/Rian, Indonesian men's doubles pairs who have won the prestigious tournament more than once include Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, and Ricky Soebagdja/Rexy Mainaky.

Meanwhile, an all-Indonesian final between Jonatan and Anthony became the first since Hariyanto Arbi defeated Ardy Bernadus Wiranata at the 1994 All England. Jonatan also became the first Indonesian singles player to win the All England since Hariyanto in that year.

Jonatan will return to Birmingham after achieving his highest accomplishment since debuting at the All England in 2016, but this time without Anthony. Consequently, Anthony has only participated in one tournament in 2025, namely the Malaysia Open, where he was defeated in the second round. A right arm injury sustained in Malaysia caused him to withdraw from the India Open and from competing in front of his home crowd at the Indonesia Masters.

He ended his previous year's campaign earlier, after being eliminated in the first round of the Arctic Open and the Denmark Open in October. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist did not appear on the Asian Tour throughout November, including the Kumamoto Masters and China Masters.

Poor results and absences from several tournaments since the end of 2024 have seen Anthony drop out of the world's top ten rankings since January 21, 2025. In fact, he has consistently been in that position since November 2017.

It is estimated that Anthony will return to compete in the Asian Championships in China, April 8-13. One of the continental events is an invitational championship by Badminton Asia based on the athlete's position in the ranking.

Aside from Anthony's withdrawal, there are no changes to the Indonesian squad as registered with the BWF for the All England. In total, there are 11 representatives from five categories who will compete in the world's oldest badminton championship.

Most of the athletes will head straight to Birmingham without participating in warm-up tournaments, except for Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja and Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. Rehan/Gloria reached the final of the German Open, on February 25-March 2. They continued their appearance at the Orleans Masters in France, March 4-9, before playing in the All England.

Meanwhile, Apriyani/Fadia will appear at the Orleans Masters, which is their first tournament after last playing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After being eliminated in the Olympic group stage, Apriyani took a break from tournaments, while Fadia played with Lanny Tria Mayasari and also paired with Dejan Ferdinansyah in mixed doubles, since 2025.

Indonesian Representative at All England

1.     Jonatan Christie (men's singles)

2.     Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo (men's singles)

3.     Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (women's singles)

4.     Putri Kusuma Wardani (women's singles)

5.     Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (men's doubles)

6.     Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (men's doubles)

7.     Leo Rolly Carnando/Bagas Maulana (men's doubles)

8.     Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Daniel Marthin (men's doubles)

9.     Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi (women's doubles)

10. Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (women's doubles)

11. Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (mixed doubles)