Badminton all-Japan general championship Yamaguchi turned over to high school student and won at 28:25 on November 28
The badminton all-Japan general championship was held in the second round of various events, and in the women's singles, Satoshi Yamaguchi, who ranked fourth in the world ranking, won the high school student who won the world junior championship and proceeded to the quarterfinals.
On the 28th, the All-Japan General Championship, which competes for the best badminton in Japan, was held on the 28th at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Among the women's singles, 17-year-old high school student who once won the world junior and won the world junior championship for the first time in the world since Yamaguchi was the 4th in the world. Attracted attention.
In the first game, Yamaguchi said that he had "matched his opponent's speed," and suffered from the smash that Gunji was good at.
Yamaguchi was able to make a difference of up to 4 points in the game that allowed Gunji to lead even after entering the second game. I got it back.
And in the final third game, Yamaguchi players got a pace from the beginning, such as deciding shots to back the opponent by a meeting at the net, taking 21 vs 15 and taking the world junior old and new champion confrontation with game count 2: 1 And decided to advance to the quarterfinals.
Yamaguchi “I thought about pitching without getting impatient”
Atsushi Yamaguchi won two games in a row, taking the first game away from Reiko Gunji, a senior high school student in the second round of women's singles.
Yamaguchi said about the first game that he struggled: “Gunji used straight and crosses well, and the ball had strength and speed. I looked back. "
And after the second game, he said, “I was thinking about pitching so that I would n’t be rushed and I would n’t hit a shot that was broken or decided.”
After that, “I heard more cheer and cheer than yesterday, so I want to do my best to play better tomorrow.”
Gunji "I've done everything I can, and there's no regret."
Kyoko Gunji, a second-year high school student who won the World Junior Championship Women's Singles for the first time, showed a great fight in the second round against Satoshi Yamaguchi, who ranked fourth in the world ranking, and took the first game. Lost 1-to-2.
Gunji said, “I was glad that I was able to attack the first game while doing my own rally, but the second game was shot by Yamaguchi and I could n’t think of what to do next.” I looked back on the game.
“I've done everything I can, so I ca n’t regret it. It ’s great that I was able to play against the world ’s top players in my second year of high school, and I ’m glad that I ’ve played one game. I want to be able to play a better game next time. "