Badminton and Kento Momota of the men's singles fell from the 1st place in the world ranking updated on the 30th for the first time in about 3 years and 2 months.
The Badminton World Federation updates the world rankings that reflect the results of each tournament every Tuesday and announces them on its website.
Kento Momota, a men's singles player, was the first Japanese men's player to be No. 1 in the world since late September 2018, but fell to No. 2 in the world for the first time in about 3 years and 2 months. rice field.
Momota couldn't get many points such as losing in the qualifying even though he was nominated for the championship at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, and he was in the second round at the "Indonesia Open" held from November 23. I was defeated.
In this tournament, Danish Victor Axelsen, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, won the championship.
In the world ranking, this Axelsen player has risen to the first place.
Momota aims to regain first place in the "World Tour Finals" starting December 1st.
In "World Tour Finals", in addition to
Momoda, a pair of Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe who won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles of the Tokyo Olympics,
Akane Yamaguchi in
the
women's singles,
Takuro Hoki in
the
men's doubles. And Yugo Kobayashi's pair,
and Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama's pair will participate in
the
women's doubles respectively.