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

In the mixed doubles final, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who ranked 5th in the world ranking, beat the pair of Misaki Matsutomo and Yuki Kaneko with a straight game count of 2-0, and won the tournament for the fourth consecutive time. ..

Watanabe-Higashino discourse

Yuta Watanabe of the mixed doubles who decided to win the championship for the fourth consecutive time said, "Senior Higashino covered me a lot even if I was tired. I think I was able to grow considerably through this tournament. Everyone who cooperated in holding the tournament I want to thank him, and I will continue to do my best so that I can play well and give back in the play. "



Arisa Higashino, who makes a pair, is a gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and about the match with Misaki Matsutomo, who is also a senior of the affiliation, "I was very nervous before the match and I was looking forward to it. I was honored and really happy. "

After that, he said, "There was no match until this tournament was held, so I was really happy to win because I was talking about trying to overcome this match with the feeling of trying to win the fourth straight victory." ..