Japan played against South Korea in the international badminton tournament, men's team competition, and Thomas Cup quarterfinals in Denmark, and although they were driven to the brink, they advanced to the semifinals with a come-from-behind victory.
The international badminton team competition, the Thomas Cup for Men and the Uber Cup for Women, are held once every two years at the same venue at the same time, both in three singles and two doubles.
Japan, the last runner-up in the Thomas Cup, played against South Korea in the quarterfinals on the 15th, and Kento Momota, the world's No. 1 ace in the first singles, lost straight to the world's 33rd place in the next doubles. I lost and was driven to 0-2.
However, in the following singles, Kanta Tsuneyama, who is the 13th place in the world at the Tokyo Olympics, won straight, and in the doubles, Yuta Watanabe, a mixed doubles bronze medal of the Tokyo Olympics, and Akira Koga, who usually teams up with another boy, I won straight and caught up with 2 to 2.
And in the final singles, Kenta Nishimoto, 16th in the world, won straight and defeated Korea with a 3-2 reversal to advance to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals will take place on the 16th.