Badminton World Championship Okuhara and Momota to the quarterfinals August 23, 1:27
Okuhara Nozomi, who is aiming for the first time in two competitions in women's singles at the Badminton World Championship in Switzerland, won the Korean player straight and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The Badminton World Championship was a tournament that had a major impact on the selection of representatives for the Tokyo Olympics. On the 22nd, three rounds were held for each event.
Of these, in the women's singles, Okuhara, the 4th place in the world ranking, the only remaining Japanese player, played against the 11th place Korean player in the world.
At the end of the first game, Okuhara got out of the competition with clever shots that squeeze behind the opponent and the net and took 21-21, and the second game took 6 consecutive points and took 21:13 to count the games. I went to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win.
Okuhara said, “I enjoyed the game while enjoying the game. I want to fight tomorrow without forgetting what I have.”
In Men's Singles, Kento Momota, the world's best player who aims to win the tournament for the second consecutive time, played against India's 30th player.
The first game was a game of competition until the end of the game, but Mr. Momota was aggressively ahead in the game, punching shots and taking 21 to 19.
In the second game, he took the lead of the game from start to finish and took 21:12 to make a quarter-final advance from the first match with three straight straight wins.
Mr. Momota said, “Even in the competitive scene, I was able to win points because I felt better than I was,” he said.