Kento Momota, who is aiming to win the men's singles for the first time in three years, will be straight to the Korean player who lost at the Tokyo Olympics in the second round of the badminton British Open held in Birmingham, England on the 17th. I won and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The British Open of Badminton has a history of more than 100 years and is the second highest rated international tournament after the World Championships.
On the second day of the tournament on the 17th, the second round of each event was held.
Of these, Momota, who is aiming to win the men's singles for the first time in three years, played against South Korea's Heo Kwang-hee, who lost in the qualifying league of the Tokyo Olympics in 30th place in the world.
Momota took the initiative in the match, winning the first game 21 to 16 and the second game 21 to 12 with a game count of 2 to 0, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the women's singles, Nozomi Okuhara, who is 5th in the world, and Akane Yamaguchi, who is 2nd in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals, and Sayaka Takahashi, who is 13th in the world, is the bronze medalist of the Tokyo 2020. We defeated India's Vui Sindhu Psarla with a game count of 2: 1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the doubles, the pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, who won the gold medal for the first time as a Japanese player in this event of last year's world championship in the world of 4th place for boys, won the pair of England, and the girl was 7th in the world. The pair of Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama beat the Swedish pair and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the mixed doubles, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who are the bronze medalist of the Tokyo 2020 Games and ranked 4th in the world, beat the Indonesian pair straight and are advancing to the quarterfinals.