The all-Japan general championship that decides the best badminton in Japan is the last day of the tournament.

In the men's singles final, Kento Momota, who returned to the tournament for the first time in 11 months, beat Kanta Tsuneyama, who is 11th in the world, with a game count of 2: 1 and won the championship for the third consecutive year. I played.



Momota lost the first game 18 to 21, but regained the second game 21 to 12 and took the third game 21 to 17 to shake off Tsuneyama who aimed for the first victory.

Momoda "Concentrate on one point without thinking"

Kento Momota, the men's singles who won the tournament after returning for the first time in 11 months, said, "I went to the court trying to get everything out and not regret. I'm glad I was able to concentrate on one point without worrying about difficult situations." I looked back on the final.



On top of that, he said, "I was relieved to win the championship, although I was about to break my heart. I'm not satisfied, so I'd like to aim for a higher level." did.

Return to actual battle for the first time in 11 months

Kento Momota has won the championship for the first time in 11 months in a tournament that has returned to the actual battle.



The road to this victory was completely different from the previous two.



In January, I was involved in a traffic accident, and due to surgery and rehabilitation near my right eye due to the injury, and the spread of the new coronavirus infection, I couldn't play for 11 months.



Momota, who had been away from the serious game for a long time, repeatedly said that he was "tensed" and "reluctant" during the tournament, and made unprecedented mistakes at the start of the game.



Momota is known for his highly technical play such as the pronoun "hairpin" shot and drop shot, but his greatest strength is the few mistakes.



I have shown many times the scene where the opponent makes a mistake and collapses by persistently returning a smash even against an overseas player who exceeds the power.



This tournament is only a low-ranking opponent for Momota, but in the quarter-finals there was a "unlikely" match such as dropping the first game due to his own mistakes.



Momoda recalled this match as "I became reluctant to proceed with the match carefully. I was pushed by my feelings and my anxiety grew more and more, and it became a painful development."



It was clear that there was a gap in the game.



Even so, in the second game, I corrected it in the game, saying, "I can make mistakes, so I'll push it more and more."



In the first half of the four-game game up to the semi-final, I was often seen squirming, but each time I desperately picked up the shuttle and connected it to the victory with a hard defense from my characteristic footwork.



Even in the final on the 27th, he lost the first game due to his mistake against Kanta Tsuneyama, who ranked 11th in the world ranking, but Momoda who won the final.



There is no doubt that this tournament was an important tournament that must be attended in order to return to the top of the world again.