In the semi-finals of the badminton mixed doubles, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who ranked 5th in the world, was defeated by the pair of Wang Yilü and Huang Dongping, who ranked 3rd in the world.
The pair of Watanabe and Higashino took the first game 23:21, but when the second game was dropped 15-21, the final third game also dropped 14-21, and the game count was 1-2. I lost in.
On the 30th, we will face the 3rd place playoff with the aim of winning the first medal for a Japanese player in this event.
"Many scenes that we pull"
Yuta Watanabe said, "The opponent was strong and we were weak. I don't have time to look back now and I want to prepare for the next match."
Arisa Higashino said, "I couldn't lose the opponent's player, so I made a lot of offensive forms." There are more scenes where we pull out. "
For the bronze medal match, I changed my mind, saying, "I want to prepare well, plan a strategy together, and do my best."