The men's Thomas Cup and the women's Uber Cup, which decide the world's best by country and region in the badminton team competition, will open in Thailand on the 8th, and the women's representative from Japan defeated Germany in the first match of the first league to make a white star start. rice field.
The Men's Thomas Cup and the Women's Uber Cup are held at the same venue once every two years.
The previous tournament was postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and was held in October last year.
16 teams will participate in the tournament, and 4 teams will be divided into 4 groups to compete in the round-robin primary league, and the top 2 teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
On the 8th, the first day of the tournament, the women's Japan national team, who won second place in the previous tournament, played against Germany in the first match of the first league.
The match was contested in 3 singles and 2 doubles, and Akane Yamaguchi, who returned to No. 1 in the world ranking for the first time since September 2019, participated in the first singles match.
Yamaguchi won with a game count of 2-0 and gave her the first winning star by overwhelming the opponent with a continuous smash that made use of her characteristic bang.
In the doubles, the pair of Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto, who are 5th in the world, showed a sharp attack that made the best use of their height and won straight, and Chiharu Shida who won the first victory at the British Open in March. The pair of players and Nami Matsuyama also won and accumulated stars.
In addition, in the singles, Tokyo Olympics representative Nozomi Okuhara and Saena Kawakami won, and Japan defeated Germany in all five races.
Japan will face France in the second leg of the first league on the 10th.
On the other hand, the boys will face New Zealand in the first match of the first league on the 9th, with players such as Kento Momota, the representative of the Tokyo Games, participating.