The "World Tour Finals", which decides the annual champion of the badminton tour tournament, opened in Thailand, and Akane Yamaguchi, who won the world championship for the second time in a row, won straight in the first match of the qualifying league.
The "World Tour Finals" is a tournament that decides the champions from the top badminton tour players and pairs of the year, and opened in Bangkok, Thailand on the 7th.
In the women's singles of the qualifying league held on the first day, Yamaguchi, who won the world championship for the second time in a row in August this year, won the world ranking No. And won the second game in a row and won 2 to 0 straight.
In the men's doubles, the pair of world No. 1 Takuro HOKI and Yugo KOBAYASHI, who won the tournament for the first time last year, beat the world No. 8 Malaysian pair 2-0 in straight sets.
In the men's singles, Kodai Naraoka, ranked 14th in the world, defeated an Indian athlete ranked 12th in the world 2-1.