Kento Momota, who is aiming to win the men's singles for the first time in three years at the quarterfinals of the Badminton British Open held in Birmingham, England, lost to the Malaysian player who won the previous tournament and is the best four. I missed the advance.
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 third day of the tournament on the 18th, various quarterfinals were held.
Of these, Momota, who is aiming to win the men's singles for the first time in three years, played against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in seventh place in the world who won the previous tournament.
Momota lost the first game 7 to 21 and regained the second game 21 to 13, but in the third game he lost 11 to 21 and lost the best 4 with a game count of 1 to 2. I missed the advance.
In the women's singles, Akane Yamaguchi, who is second in the world, and Sayaka Takahashi, who is 13th in the world, played against each other, and Yamaguchi won the straight victory with a game count of 2-0 to win the Japanese player confrontation and decided to advance to the semi-finals.
On the other hand, Nozomi Okuhara, who is aiming to win the tournament in a row, missed her consecutive championship after losing straight to Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying, who was ranked first in the world.
In the doubles, the women's 7th place in the world, Chiyo Shida and Nami Matsuyama's pair defeated the Korean pair to advance to the semi-finals, and the 4th place in the men's world was the first Japanese player to win a gold medal in this event of last year's world championship. The pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi who won the championship lost to the Indonesian pair.
In the mixed doubles, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, will play against the pair of Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsutomo, who are 17th in the world. Has won the game count 2-0 and is advancing to the semi-finals.