Akane Yamaguchi, who is ranked 4th in the world in women's singles, defeated a Chinese player by a game count of 2 to 1. The French Open is a points race for the right to participate in the Paris Olympics, and has been held since the 5th of this month at a venue newly built in Paris.
The semi-finals of each event were held on the 9th, and Yamguchi faced off against China's Chen Yufei, the gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics and world's second-ranked player.