Indonesian tennis player Justin Barki/Christopher Rungkat won the third series in the 2018 Combiphar Open Tennis Tournament at the Sultan Hotel Jakarta, Saturday, August 11, 2018. Both are the top seeds. Previously they managed to defeat the state double player from the Philippines, Francis Casey Alcantara and Kaito Uesugi from Japan. Indonesia's mainstay tennis player is superior straight set with the final score 6-3 6-2.

Christopher Rungkat said this glory added confidence to appear at the Asian Games. He was sure, it was not easy to win there because the level of competition was heavier.

For Justin and Christo, the double title is the fifth in the ITF Men 's Future tournament since pairing two years ago, consisting of three titles, a total prize level of US $ 15,000 and two categories of US $ 25,000.

Meanwhile in the single number, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha from India appeared as the best. Non-seeded tennis player who crawled through the qualifying round toppled the Australian representative, Michael Look through straight sets 6-3 6-1.

At the age of 28, tennis player Christopher Rungkat seemed to race against time. Before retiring he was determined to pursue dreams and realize unreachable targets in his career, including the Asian Games medal medal.

The tennis player who is usually called Christo becomes an Indonesian tennis player's mainstay athlete. But, their work is like stuck in the level of Southeast Asia. At the 2011 SEA Games Christo presented three gold medals at the same time for Indonesia from the men's singles, men's doubles and men's teams. In the 2017 SEA Games, Christo won 2 medals with 1 gold in the men's singles and 1 bronze in the mixed doubles.

He was also curious to be able to speak at a higher level. "What is certain is that I have won SEA Games regionally with four gold medals. Then, I want the Asian Games to be my target after the SEA Games. So the zones are bigger, it becomes heavier. I really target this Asian Games, moreover we play as host, "Christo told Tempo, Friday, August 3, 2018.

For the sake of maximum results at the 2018 Asian Games, in the past few months Christo has been busy in the competition agenda in various countries. He performed in Thailand, China, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, France and South Korea. In the tournament he usually falls in men's doubles. His best achievement is to become a champion in Challenger Busan, South Korea, and Challenger Dallas, USA.


Source: https://www.tempo.co