Badminton International Tournament Women's Singles Okuhara Advances to Final October 18 1:28
The international tournament, which was reopened in Denmark for the first time in seven months in badminton, held various semi-finals on the 17th, and the Japanese team decided to advance to the final after two pairs of women's doubles, Nozomi Okuhara of women's singles. I did.
The international badminton tournament, which had been suspended since March due to the spread of the new coronavirus, resumed at the Denmark Open, which opened on October 13.
Of these, in the women's singles, Okuhara, who has won all three games straight so far, is ranked 4th in the world, and played against a Canadian player who is 10th in the world.
Okuhara showed outstanding control from the beginning of the first game and accumulated points with shots that pierced the course and took this game without danger at 21:10.
In the second game, Okuhara continued to take the initiative, and when he pulled away from the beginning with seven consecutive points, he took the big difference of 21 to 7 and decided to advance to the final with a straight win.
On the other hand, Kenta Nishimoto, who was the only male player in the Japanese team to participate in this tournament and ranked 16th in the singles world, was the 17th local Danish player in the world in the first game with 14 to 21 and the second game. Was robbed 17-21 and did not advance to the final.