In the new Tokyo Paralympic Games, badminton, the quarterfinals of the final tournament were held on the night of the 3rd, and five players including Sarina Satomi, a class with relatively heavy disabilities in women's singles wheelchairs, advanced to the semifinals.
Badminton had all the qualifying leagues finished by the 3rd, and the quarterfinals were held on the night of the 3rd.
Six Japanese players participated in the fourth event, of which Satomi, who is ranked first in the world, will play against the Swiss player who is ranked fourth in the world, and the first game is 21. I took the second game 21-9 against 8 and advanced to the semi-finals with a straight win.
In addition, in the relatively heavy disability class of the men's singles wheelchair, which was a Japanese confrontation, 47-year-old Hiroshi Murayama won a match between veterans with 41-year-old Osamu Nagashima with a highly accurate shot. I advanced to the semi-finals.
In addition, Yuma Yamazaki, a class with relatively light disabilities in women's singles wheelchairs, Kaede Kameyama, a class with disabilities in women's singles, and Akiko Sugino each won to advance to the semi-finals.
In badminton, various semi-finals will start on the 4th, and Japanese players will participate in 10 events in total, including 5 players who won the quarter-finals on the 3rd, 3 players who advanced to the semi-finals directly, and 4 pairs. To do.