The Tokyo Olympics, badminton women's singles qualifying league, group L were held, and Akane Yamaguchi, who ranked 5th in the world, beat Kirsty Gilmour of England, who ranked 26th in the world, to win the second straight victory and decided to advance to the final tournament. rice field.
Yamaguchi won the first game 21-9, the second game 21-18, and a game count of 2-0.
"Matches with many mistakes remaining"
Yamaguchi recalled, "It was a match with many mistakes and challenges, but I'm glad I made it to the final tournament."
After that, he said for the next game, "I have to reduce simple mistakes and think about assembling more rallies, but I want to concentrate on each race and play harder and have fun."