Badminton Nagahara-Matsumoto pair makes their first final advance Women's Doubles Nov. 30 19:52

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The badminton all-Japan general championship is held in various semi-finals, and in the women's doubles, the world ranking third-ranked Kazuna Nagahara and Maya Matsumoto, the fourth-ranked pair of Reika Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo Defeated and proceeded to the first final.

On the 30th, the all-Japan general championship to compete for the best badminton in Japan was held at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo on the 30th.

In the women's doubles, Nagahara and Matsumoto, who won the world championship in the past, played against a pair of gold medalists Takahashi and Matsutomo at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

From the start of the game, Nagahara and Matsumoto pair, who are both 1 meter and 70 centimeters high in height, aggressively attacked, and they made the first game 21-to-11 with the opponent's mistakes.
In the second game, Takahashi / Matsutomo pair was held at a pace due to Nagahara's mistakes, etc., but the game points were lost first. However, Matsumoto's intense smash regained four consecutive points and this was reversed. I also took the game straight and won the first final.

In the second semi-final game, Yuki Fukushima and Ayaka Hamada aiming for the third consecutive championship in the second place in the world won the 11th place in the world ranking with a game count of 2: 1 and proceeded to the final.

Nagahara "I will give it all the way to the final"

Regarding the progress to the first final, Nagahara said, “I couldn't get over the semi-final barrier for a long time, and I was able to play a game like ours in the third challenge. After that, he was enthusiastic about “Because it is the first final, I want to work hard to make it out to the end while having fun with ourselves as we are today.”

In addition, Matsumoto said, “I came from the point where I wanted to win a pair of Takahashi and Matsutomo from an out of reach position.

Defeated Matsutomo "I'm in a hurry"

Misaki Matsutomo, who lost in the semi-finals of the women's doubles, talked about the cause of the loss, saying, “There were a lot of rushed parts,” and Reika Takahashi, who made a pair, said, “There is an opponent even though the opponent is in front. “I just hit the shuttle, and I just wanted to see my opponent and play,” he looked back on.

On that basis, Takahashi looked back on the battle of the All-Japan General Championship, which has participated for over 10 years. “The first championship in this overall championship is more memorable than in the Olympics. I was allowed to do it. "

As for the national team fighting for the Olympics that continued until April next year, Matsutomo expressed his enthusiasm, "I want to take care of this one month first so that I can fight to the end for the competition."