Nozomi Okuhara, who is aiming to win the women's singles quarterfinals at the British Open in badminton for the first time in five years, has advanced to the semifinals by defeating Thai players.
Okuhara, who is ranked 4th in the world ranking and aims to win the women's singles at the British Open for the first time in 5 years since 2016, played against the 13th Thai player in the world.
In the first game, I suffered from a sharp shot of the opponent and dropped the game for the first time in this tournament with 18 to 21.
However, in the second game, he developed a rally that made use of his tenacity and decided a sharp shot in the opponent's space, regaining it with a big difference of 21 to 8, and the final third game was also 21 to 16. I took it and advanced to the semi-final with a game count of 2 to 1 in a come-from-behind victory.
In addition, Akane Yamaguchi, who is ranked 5th in the world, played against India's Buisindu Psarla, who won the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and was ranked 7th in the world.
In the first game, Yamaguchi broke his opponent with a powerful shot and took it 21-16.
However, in the second game, he lost 16 to 21 due to lack of accuracy of shots and made mistakes, and dropped 19 to 21 without rewinding the final third game, losing with a game count of 1 to 2 and missing the best 4 advancement. Did.