The all-Japan general championship that decides the best badminton in Japan is the last day of the tournament.
In the women's singles final, Nozomi Okuhara, who ranked 4th in the world, defeated Akane Yamaguchi, who ranked 3rd in the world, with a game count of 2: 1 and won the championship for the second consecutive year.
The badminton all-Japan general championship held in Machida, Tokyo, was held on the 27th, the final day of the tournament, with various finals.
The women's singles were a rivalry between Okuhara, who is ranked 4th in the world, and Yamaguchi, who is ranked 3rd in the world, aiming to win the championship for the first time in two years.
In the first game, Yamaguchi never allowed the lead and took 17-21, while in the second game Okuhara regained 21-14, and the game was involved in the final third game.
Yamaguchi accumulated points from the beginning and took a big lead with a 6-point difference at one point, but Okuhara took advantage of the footwork that he had been working on for the past year and continued to pick up shots persistently, inviting the opponent's mistakes.
Okuhara won the game 22 to 20 in a close battle until the end, defeating Yamaguchi with a game count of 2 to 1 and reversing, and won the tournament for the fourth time in a row for two years.
Okuhara "I was able to reach the end against the gimmick"
Nozomi Okuhara, who won the tournament in a row in the women's singles, said, "I was out to the end. In this corona, I was able to achieve the speed of moving the court and the results of working on footwork. Yamaguchi's various balls On the other hand, I think that being able to reach the end was one of the major reasons for the victory. "
On top of that, "The match against Yamaguchi was a high-level, deep bargain, so I had a lot of fun playing on the final stage. I'm glad I was able to deliver a high-level match over the screen." I was talking to the fans who watched the tournament on TV.