On December 27th, Beijing time, the 2020 74th Japan Badminton National Championships ended at Tokyo Machida City Stadium. In the mixed doubles final, Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino won the championship. In the men’s singles, Kento Momota 2-1 reversed Changshan Mita to achieve three consecutive championships. Okuhara hopes to reverse Akane Yamaguchi 2-1 to win the women’s singles final. Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota defeated Wakana Nagahara/Mayu Matsumoto in the women’s doubles final. Yudai Watanabe/Dayu Endo won in the men’s doubles final. .
Yudai Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, ranked No. 5 in the mixed doubles world, took the lead in the mixed doubles final against Yuki Kaneko/Matsutomo. In August of this year, Reika Takahashi announced his retirement. The Japanese women’s doubles Olympic champion combination “Matsumatsu Combination” announced its disintegration. Misaki Matsutomo turned to focus on mixed doubles with Yuki Kaneko. In the mixed doubles final, Watanabe/Arisa Higashino easily won 21-11 and 21-9. The men’s singles final was held between the world number one Momota Kento and the 11th place in the men’s singles world Kota Tokiyama. Kento Momota defeated his opponent by 18-21, 21-12, 21-17 to achieve his three consecutive personal championships. .
In the women’s singles final, the world number 3 Akane Yamaguchi played against the world number 4 Okuhara Hope. Akane Yamaguchi won the first game 21-17, and then Okuhara hopes to return to a city 21-14. In the deciding game, Akane Yamaguchi once took a 13-10 lead, and Okuhara hoped to score 4 points in a row to overtake the score 14-13. Okuhara hopes to get the match point 20-19 first, and seize the opportunity to win the opponent 22-20. Okuhara hopes to achieve the women’s singles championship at the National Championships. This is the fourth time she has won the women’s singles championship.
The women’s doubles final was played between Yuki Fukushima/Ayaka Hirota, No. 2 in the world, and Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, No. 3 in the world. Yuki Fukushima/Ayaka Hirota defeated their opponents 21-17, 21-12 in 50 minutes to win the championship. In the last men’s doubles final, Watanabe Yudai/Endo only took 38 minutes to beat Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo 21-19, 21-9.
The Japanese badminton team not only has a great competitive advantage in men’s singles and women’s singles, but also the two pairs of women’s doubles have the strength to compete for the Olympic Games. The Japanese team’s relatively weak men’s doubles and mixed doubles have also made significant progress in the past year or two. (Red)Return to Sohu to see more
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