After Jonatan Christie and Shi Yu Qi, a first group seed in the men's single category soon stopped in the first round of Japan expanded 2025. The Danish player lost to Chinese representatives Lei Lan Xi, runner -up Vietnam International 2022.
In set 1, Lei Lan Xi and Antonsen played relatively balanced. Chinese tennis players take the lead at the break between Hiep. He maintained the distance not too big. When Antonsen equalized 19 evenly, Lei Lan Xi had 2 more consecutive points to finish Set 1.
Entering Set 2, the early game belonged to Lei Lan Xi. Chinese players lead early, while maintaining a safe distance. Antonden tried to shorten the gap but failed, when Lei Lan Xi won 21-15, thereby closing the match in 53 minutes of competition.
The victory over Antonden helped Lei Lan Xi entered the second round, where he encountered Christo Popov in the next match. Meanwhile, Antonden continues to hide many surprises. He has just surpassed the No. 2 position in the world, and often tends to let go of 1 prize to put force into the next prize.
Earlier, in June, Antonden showed himself a very careful calculation for international tournaments. He reached the final of Thailand, ignoring Malaysia Masters, eliminated early from the first round of Singapore. But coming to Indonesia expanded, the largest tournament in Southeast Asia tour, Antonden won the championship.
