At the badminton world championships held in Tokyo, the pair of Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto, aiming for the gold medal in the women's doubles for the first time in two tournaments, lost to the Chinese pair in the semi-finals and won the bronze medal.
On the 27th, the 6th day of the badminton world championships held in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was held. Among them, in the women's doubles semifinals, Nagahara, who is ranked 6th in the world and is aiming for the gold medal for the first time in two tournaments. Matsumoto's pair played against the world's No. 1 Chinese pair, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The match turned out to be dominated by the Chinese pair, who are known for their strong hitting, and in the first game, the pair of Nagahara and Matsumoto fell to 13-21 without being able to take the lead even once.
In the second game that followed, there was a scene where they took the lead in the early stages, but they allowed a comeback and lost in a straight game count of 0 to 2 at 14 to 21.
As a result, the pair of Nagahara and Matsumoto won the bronze medal because the 3rd place match was not held at this tournament.