Denmark Open Badminton 2023: Tomoka Miyazaki Shines as the Only Japanese Women’s Singles Player Advancing to Round Two

[Naidheachdan Tilu]The Badminton World Tour Super 750 Denmark Open continued its first round on Wednesday (16th). The former met her senior sister Natsuki Nihira again in the first round after the top 8 of the Arctic Open, and advanced with a score of 2:0, becoming the only women’s singles player Japanese who advanced to the second round; with Yuta Watanabe for her first international appearance In the match, they unfortunately lost to the Malaysian combination Xu Bangrong/Zhong Shuyun with a score of 0:2.

Tomoka Miyazaki (Photo: Tilu Database)

18-year-old Tomoka Miyazaki won the gold medal in women’s singles at the World Junior Championships in 2022. This year, she has performed well in international events In September, she reached the four highest series Super 500 Hong Kong Open for the first time, and even reached the finals of the Super 1000 China Open. Today, after the top 8 of the Arctic Open, she met Natsuki Nihira, a senior member of the Japanese national team ranked 23 in the world, and took the lead in the first game with 21:13 after her lead the whole game.

Tomoka Miyazaki (Photo: Tilu Database)

In the second game, Tomoka Miyazaki and Natsuki Nihira fought each other at the beginning of the month. between the two to 2 Total effect. As Japan’s two other famous women’s singles players Akane Yamaguchi and Ohori Aya who participated in the Paris Olympics lost to Singapore’s Yang Jiamin and Indonesia’s women’s player Putri Kusuma WARDANI in the first round respectively, Miyazaki Yuka the only Japanese woman to advance in singles golfers will meet Yang Jiamin in the second round.

Watanabe Yuta/Taguchi Masai (Photo: Japan Badminton Association X (formerly Twitter))

Yuta Watanabe/Yusa Higashino, the Japanese mixed doubles “Higashidu combination”, announced their break after the Paris Olympics. World last year. Badminton supernova partner Taguchi competes. This “left-handed” pair officially competed against each other for the first time in Japan at the “All Japan Soccer Championships” in September, and the first was the Danish Badminton Championships. -an international competition in which the two competed.

Yuta Watanabe and Masay Taguchi played together for the first time at the All-Japan Soccer Championship last month and finished third. (Photo: Japan X Badminton Association (formerly Twitter))

Yuta Watanabe/Masai Taguchi (Photo: Japan Badminton Association X (formerly Twitter))

Unlike the “Donto Combination”, both of which have powerful punches as weapons, Taguchi’s playing style is more technical, so the team’s offense is also more focused on the experienced Yuta Watanabe. Facing the Malaysian combination Xu Bangrong / Zhong Shuyun, the two made many mistakes in the first game. In addition, the opponent’s attack was very aggressive. The battle between the two sides in the second game was tight He did not have much international experience. the first round.”

Hong Kong mixed doubles team “Deng Xie Pair” Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet will play in the second round. (Photo: Body Road Database)

Lee Cheuk-yao (Photo: TiLu Database)

The second round starts today (17th). The mixed doubles team of Hong Kong “Tang Chia Pair” Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet will meet the combination of Indonesia Rehan Naufal KUSHARJANTO/Lisa Ayu KUSUMAWATI in the men’s singles team Lee Cheuk Yiu you will compete with former Singaporean golfer Luo Jianyou , competing for a place in the top eight. South Korean women’s singles star Ahn Se-young, who returned to action after winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, will play in the second round against Thailand’s Ratchanok INTANON, who reached final and won silver at the Arctic Open last week.

Text: Jia Zhaozhi

This article was written by “Sports road“Originally published in”Danish Badminton Championships |.」