The badminton of the Tokyo Olympics will be held in the qualifying league, and the bronze medalist of the previous women's singles tournament, Nozomi Okuhara, will start the first match with a white star.

On the 25th, the third day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japanese players appeared in the men's and women's singles and men's doubles qualifying leagues by 2:00 pm.



Among them, in Group E of women's singles, Okuhara, who was the bronze medal of the previous tournament in 3rd place in the world ranking of this event, entered the first match of this tournament and played against Yvonne Lea of ​​Germany in 22nd place in the world.



Okuhara made mistakes at the start of the first game and allowed the opponent to lead, but gradually grasped the pace with a tenacious receive from his own light footwork and took the first game 21 to 17.



In the second game that followed, he accurately controlled various shots that shook the opponent, such as adjusting the speed, overwhelming with 21 to 4, and won the straight with a game count of 2 to 0.

Men's singles Tsuneyama wins straight

In the men's singles, Kanta Tsuneyama, who ranked 13th in the world, played against Georges Paul, Mauritius, who ranked 84th in the world.



Tsuneyama, who participated in the Olympics for the first time, took the first game 21 to 8 with skillful shots aimed at the side of the opponent's court and the net edge from the beginning in this game.



In the second game, he scored points for 13 consecutive games and kept pace from beginning to end, taking 21 to 6 and winning straight.

Men's Doubles Endo / Watanabe pair 2 races 2 wins

In the men's doubles, the pair of Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe, who ranked 4th in the world, played against the pair of Russian Olympic Committee Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov, who ranked 14th in the world.



The pair of Endo and Watanabe sometimes suffered from a powerful shot with an angle hit by a tall opponent pair in the second game of this game, but they accumulated points by inviting mistakes from their strong defense. Both the first game and the second game won straight 21-19.



With this, the pair of Endo and Watanabe has won 2 games in 2 qualifying leagues.