Lee Cheuk Yew relieved Jonatan of the responsibility of competing for the men's singles title at the 2025 Indonesia Super 1000 at home

As the world's highest-ranked Indonesian men's singles player, Jonatan is tasked with competing for the men's singles title at home for his host country, but he lost to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu in the round of 16 of the 2025 Indonesia Badminton Super 1000 on the 5th.

Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu

The last time Indonesia won the men's singles title at home was 13 years ago (Simon won the title in 2012), so as Indonesia's first brother, world No. 5 Jonatan is tasked with ending the men's singles title drought for the country. And Jonatan's opponent today is the world No. 21 Lee Cheuk Yew, Jonatan has won all the last 6 meetings between the two sides, and Lee Cheuk Yew's performance this year is sluggish, with 5 stops in the first two rounds, so Jonatan is regarded as a line higher.

In the first game, Jonatan won 21-12, but was reversed by Lee Cheuk Yew 21-12, 21-10 in the next two games, and his 10th career participation in the Indonesia Open held at home never failed to reach the final for the first time. Jonatan's best record at the Indonesia Open was reaching the semifinals in 2021.

Lee Cheuk Yew's last win over Jonatan was in 2017. In addition, Jonatan has also continued his championship drought since he was crowned king at the Asian Badminton Championships in April last year, which has lasted for one year and two months. Lee Cheuk Yiu, on the other hand, defeated Jonadan for the first time in eight years after the first round of the 2017 New Zealand Open (Grand Prix Gold) and won his third victory in the 10th meeting between the two sides.

Lee Cheuk Yiu also got rid of the embarrassment of losing the first round of the Indonesia Open in the past two times, equaling his best record of advancing to the top 8 of this tournament in 2022.