Tomoka Miyazaki Makes History: Defeats Akane Yamaguchi to Reach China Open Finals

[Naidheachdan Tilu]Tomoka Miyazaki, who reached the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Badminton Championship last week, has another big breakthrough! The 18-year-old Japanese badminton star defeated “Big Sister” Akane Yamaguchi in straight matches for the first time in the top four of the China Open held in Changzhou today (21st), to become the youngest player to advance to the BWF Super 1000 women’s singles finals series, on Sunday (22nd), there will be a decisive battle with China’s Wang Zhiyi for the championship, and she is expected to break the record of the world’s “Sister No. 1” An Xiying.

Tomoka Miyazaki (Photo: Tilu Database)

Tomoka Miyazaki won the gold medal at the World Junior Badminton Championships in 2022. In mid-March this year, she won the Super 300 Series Orleans Masters Last week, she reached the top four in Series Super 500 Hong Kong Open for the first time, rising to 21st in the world ranking. This new Japanese badminton player with strength and looks is hoping to compete in the Chinese Badminton Championships this week to maintain his strong form Today, he met Akane Yamaguchi, who is ranked 8th in the world, in the semi-finals she met in the top 16 of the Singapore Badminton Championships in May this year over later, Tomoka Miyazaki fell behind 18:19 and won 2 points in a row to to win the decisive victory In the end, “Diao Shi” almost won with 22:20.

Tomoka Miyazaki (Photo: Tilu Database)

In the second game, Miyazaki Yuka also attacked at 7:10 and launched a 4:0 attack before entering a technical timeout at 11:10 in the second half of the game, he took advantage of the confidence and won 4 points in his row to reach 15:10 competing with China’s Wang Zhiyi for the back seat, the latter in the other top four beat Japan’s “second sister” Aya Ohhori at 21:15 and 21:18.

Akane Yamaguchi (Photo: Tang You Cup Organizing Committee, Tilu Database)

It is worth mentioning that Yuka Saki, who did not turn 18 in August, is the youngest player to reach the women’s singles final of the Super 1000 series. Regarding the youngest champion of the Super 1000 series, “ World One” South Korea’s An Se-young She was only 19 years old when she won the Indonesia Open in 2021. Miyazaki Tomoka is expected to overtake An Se-young and rewrite the record in which one of them fell.