Japan, which participated in the first match of the women's first league after the men's and women's team competition started in Denmark at the international badminton tournament, defeated France and started off as a white star.
The international men's and women's team competitions in badminton, the Thomas Cup for Men and the Uber Cup for Women, are held every two years at the same venue at the same time.
For both men and women, the team that wins the first three games wins in a five-game system consisting of three singles games and two doubles games.
On the 9th, the first day of the tournament, the first match of the first league was held in which 16 teams were divided into 4 teams each, and the Japanese women's national team aiming to win the 2nd consecutive tournament played against France.
In Japan, the deputy captain Sayaka Takahashi won the first round of singles, and the pair of Tokyo Olympics representative Yuki Fukushima and Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist Misaki Matsutomo won straight in the following doubles. Defeated France with all wins.
On the other hand, Nozomi Okuhara, the representative of the Tokyo Olympics women's singles, who was scheduled to participate in this tournament, has forgotten to participate in order to concentrate on the treatment of injuries.
The men's first match, in which Kento Momota and others will participate, is scheduled for the 10th.