Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, the pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who are aiming to win the mixed doubles for the first time in the badminton world championships held in Tokyo, went into the second round of the first match, and won the Scottish pair in straight sets to advance to the third round. rice field.
The badminton world championship held in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo is the third day of the tournament on the 24th, and the second round of each event is being held.
Of these, in the mixed doubles, the pair of Tokyo Olympic bronze medalists Watanabe and Higashino, who ranked 3rd in the world, appeared in the second round of the first match, and faced the Scottish pair ranked 115th in the world.
In the match, Watanabe broke down the opponent with a powerful smash, while Higashino scored a point with an accurate shot.
In the second game, the pair of Watanabe and Higashino, who started to rush from the beginning, took the match with a score of 21 to 7 and advanced to the third round with a 2 to 0 straight victory.
After the match, Watanabe said, "I haven't won a gold medal at the world championships in mixed doubles yet, so I want to get a lot of support from everyone and do my best to win a gold medal."
Higashino looked back with relief, saying, ``I was nervous in my first match, but I was able to play politely.''
On the other hand, in the women's doubles, the pair of world number two Yuki Fukushima and Ayaka Hirota were scheduled to play in the second round, which was the first match, but they withdrew from the tournament due to Fukushima's left calf injury.