In the badminton all-Japan general championship, various quarterfinals were held, and in the women's doubles, a pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota aiming to win the championship for the first time in two years dropped the game for the first time in this tournament, but it was a come-from-behind victory. I advanced to the semi-finals.
On the 25th, the 4th day of the tournament, various quarterfinals will be held, and in the women's doubles, the "Fukuhiro" pair of Fukushima and Hirota, who are aiming to win the championship for the first time in two years in the world ranking, is Kie Nakanishi. I played against a pair of Rin Iwanaga.
In the first game, Nakanishi, who hits a strong shot from a left-handed player, and Iwanaga, who has a tenacious receive, were pushed by the breathtaking play, and the "Fukuhiro" pair dropped the game for the first time in this tournament with 19 to 21.
The second game was also a close battle for one point, but the "Fukuhiro" pair gradually regained a breathtaking combination and took the game 21-19.
In the final third game, points were accumulated from the tenacious rally, and the "Fukuhiro" pair took 21 to 16 and won the game for more than an hour and a half, and advanced to the semi-final with a game count of 2 to 1 in reverse. It was.
In addition, the pair of Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto, who are aiming to win the tournament in a row, took the first game 21 to 15 and the second game 21 to 12, and proceeded to the semi-finals with a straight win. I did.
Women's Singles Akane Yamaguchi Straight win to semi-final
Akane Yamaguchi, who is aiming to win the women's singles for the first time in two years, played against Hirari Mizui in the quarterfinals, taking the first game 21:10 and the second game 21-12, and proceeded to the semifinals with a straight win. It was.
In the men's doubles, the pair of Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura, who ranked 4th in the world, and the pair of Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe, who ranked 5th, advanced to the semi-finals with straight wins.
On the other hand, in the mixed doubles, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who are aiming for the fourth straight victory, won straight, and the pair of Misaki Matsutomo and Yuki Kaneko, who are facing this tournament in the mixed doubles, also won straight. It is a semi-final advance.
On the 26th, the fifth day of the tournament, various semi-finals will be held.
"Fukuhiro" pair A word that attracted victory
A "Fukuhiro" pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota who lost one game for the first time in this tournament and won the game in reverse from the chase.
It was a word that Hirota gave to Fukushima at the end of the final game when he was forced to make a one-point difference.
In the women's doubles, the "Fukuhiro" pair who is facing the tournament in 2nd place in the world ranking of the top Japanese team.
All the pairs are enthusiastic about trying to eat the top of Japan.
The pair of Kie Nakanishi and Rin Iwanaga, who met for the first time in the quarterfinals on the 25th, is also a young pair with such a strong feeling.
From the first game, I hit the "Fukuhiro" pair with the engine fully open.
As Hirota recalled, "It feels like the opponent has hit 120% of ourselves. The feeling of'I'll do it for absolutely'was really transmitted." He suffered from the aggressive play of the opponent and played 19 pairs of this game. I will drop it at 21.
In the second game that followed, the offense and defense over one point continued until the end, and this game managed to recover 21 to 19, but the "Fukuhiro" pair began to see the color of impatience and tiredness.
In the third game as well, the point difference will not open and we will continue the long rally and get involved in the final stage.
The scene where the greeted "Fukuhiro" pair led 16 to 14.
In the long-running rally, the two aggressively attacked, but they were forced to make a one-point difference when the opponent decided to cross-shot the counter with a momentary gap.
Fukushima, who always plays with his feelings in the foreground, was deeply depressed at this time, as you can see from the edge.
Here, his companion Hirota pulled the hem of Fukushima's uniform and called out.
"Let's put up with it here."
Fukushima recalled this scene, saying, "I was asked to speak to me in that scene, so I thought I was just doing my best."
The next rally that was repartitioned.
Fukushima switched the smash that had been hit so far to a drop shot, and the unexpected opponent could only stare at the falling shuttle.
In the following rally, he boldly ran forward, scored a strong shot, and came back to life.
The "Fukuhiro" pair who got 3 points in a row at the point of the game.
From a word from Hirota, he drew a victory at once.
After the match, Fukushima recalled, "It was a match that was greatly helped by Hirota."
Hirota also replied, "I believed in my partner and believed in myself and fought."
It was the quarter-final where Japan's world-class top pair demonstrated their tenacity.