In the new badminton competition of the Tokyo Paralympics, various qualifying leagues were held, and in a class with relatively heavy obstacles for men's singles wheelchairs, Hiroshi Murayama beat German players straight and decided to advance to the quarterfinals with two consecutive victories. rice field.
The second day of the qualifying league was held at the venue, Yoyogi National Stadium, and the Japanese team decided to advance to the quarterfinals on the 2nd.
Of these, 47-year-old Murayama, who ranked 10th in the world ranking, beat the Korean player who ranked 3rd in the world on the 1st, and played the first game with a sense of stability against the German player for 2 days with that momentum. We took 21-8 and 21-7 in the second game, and decided to advance to the quarter-finals with two consecutive victories.
In addition, Akiko Sugino, a class with a disability in the women's singles, played against a Danish player who ranked third in the world.
Sugino dropped the first game, but after that he made a lot of efforts such as deciding a strong smash in a row and regained the second game, and in the final third game he scored 6 points in a row and took this game. I advanced to the quarterfinals with a come-from-behind victory.
On the other hand, in the women's singles wheelchair class, Sarina Satomi, who ranked first in the world, lost straight to the fifth-ranked Chinese player in the world and advanced to the quarter-finals in second place in the group.
As badminton continues to play in the qualifying league on the 3rd, the final tournament will begin with players who have passed the qualifying from the wheelchair events of men's and women's singles.