In the "World Tour Finals", which decides the annual champion of the badminton tour tournament, the third match of the qualifying league was held, and the pair of Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe who won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles of the Tokyo Olympics won the semifinal. I proceeded to.
The "World Tour Finals" held in Indonesia is a tournament where the annual champion is decided from the top 8 players in the tour of the international badminton tournament, and the third match of the qualifying league will be held on the 3rd. I was.
Of these, the pair of Higashino and Watanabe, who ranked 4th in the world, played against the Malaysian pair, who ranked 9th in the world, with two consecutive victories since the opening.
In the first game, he allowed a temporary lead in the early stages, but after that he steadily expanded his lead and took the lead 21-11.
In the second game, he won 21 to 12 without being led even once, and won the qualifying league three times in a row to advance to the semi-finals.
In the other Japanese teams, Akane Yamaguchi, who is 3rd in the world in women's singles, is straight to the Thai player who is 12th in the world, and Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama, who are 7th in the world in women's doubles, are 11th in the world. Straight to the Bulgarian pair, Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, who are 6th in the world in the men's doubles, beat the Malaysian pair, which is 12th in the world, with a game count of 2: 1 to advance to the semi-finals.