The badminton national tournament, which had been canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus, was resumed at the All Japan Championship, which starts on the 22nd, and Japanese ace Kento Momota, who was involved in a traffic accident in January, 11 I will participate in the tournament for the first time in a month.
In badminton, all national competitions in Japan have been canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
Top Japanese athletes aiming for the Tokyo Olympics will all participate in the all-Japan general championship, which will be the reopening tournament, and will compete for the best title in Japan in all five events at the venue in Machida, Tokyo for six days until the 27th. I will.
Of these, Momota, who has won the men's singles for the third consecutive time in the world ranking, will face the official game since he was involved in a traffic accident in Malaysia in January and was seriously injured.
After recovering from the injury and rehabilitation, Momota devoted himself to practice, and even during the period when there was no tournament, he continued training with the aim of strengthening the offensive power set forth in the task for the return race.
In the women's doubles, the world's third-placed Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto's "Nagamatsu" pair, and the world's second-placed Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota, who were blocked from winning consecutive titles last year, Attention will be focused on the rivalry of the "Fukuhiro" pair.
In addition, rivals of Nozomi Okuhara, who is aiming to win the tournament in a row in women's singles, and Akane Yamaguchi, who is third in the world, will compete fiercely for the best title in Japan.
On the other hand, in the mixed doubles, Misaki Matsutomo, who won the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the women's doubles, will pair with Yuki Kaneko and start again.
Also pay attention to the battle of Matsutomo who aims for the world again.