Throughout the week, the Saint-Denis Réunion Open has put the world at its feet, offering very high-flying finals to a conquered public, yesterday at Champ-Fleuri, for the 5th and last day of competition in the capital. .
“5 grams of feathers and tons of emotion”. This colorful definition of badminton could not be more true. This is essentially the message that the finalists of this 1st edition of the Saint-Denis Réunion Open sent to spectators hypnotized by the intensity of the exchanges, yesterday at Champ-Fleuri, where the five finals in a row (mixed doubles, singles ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen’s doubles) gave a very clear idea of what high level bad is.
Recording its highest attendance of the week for this “climax” based on rackets between the best players of the tournament, the temple of Champ-Fleuri vibrates in unison. The men’s singles final offers 100% Japanese opposition on the central green rectangle. At the start of the final, Tanaka is making kindling of his compatriot, Hatano (9-0). In football, such a score does not come back. In bad, yes. And Hatano proves it with brilliance by performing an anthology comeback (15-15) before getting his hands on the 1st set (21-16).
