Badminton in Japan

I can't picture her being scary.

 

maybe just me ... but just compare her expressions in earlier tournaments this year ... and her expressions in the AJC 2018

 

It may have something to do with her motivation. In the first half of this year, she was trying to get back to her best form. Now, she is doing fine, having won 3 WT500 titles. I believe she can regain her status as JPN WS1 in no time.

 

Lol, is that really Akane? Looks so different.

 

I don't know about streams, but for those who are in Japan or have access to Japanese channels,
the national championships is shown live on NHK BS1.
Today will start in a few minutes at 10:00.

 

How did it go? how is it going????? please tell usssss

 

Someone need to record "international matches" in all japan championship 2018, please

 

As mentioned by Kurako before, you can get some "live" information from https://twitter.com/BadmintonPublic

WataHiga won easily the first finals: 21-17 and 21-18.
Now is WD finals: FukuHiro is leading 12-6 at the moment.

 

Game 1 for FukiHiro: TakaMatsu returned to 17-15 from 17-9, but too many mistakes afterwards.

 

The first two finals were one-sided (two games to love).
It was the same for the third final,
until Nishimoto surprisingly won Game 2: he did not even reach double digits in Game 1.
Let's see how Momota reacts.

 

MD決勝
桃田選手vs西本選手
西本選手が２ゲーム目を21-18で取り返し、ファイナルゲームへ。

Nishimoto won set 2 (21-18), is it ? (I used google translation, but it's quite difficult to understand ^-^)

 

Yeah, 1 game all for Momota vs Nishimoto. Momota lead 12-6 in the third game

 

Here are some last victory points from XD and WD final matches

XD : Final result: Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino vs Takuro Hoki/Wakana Nagahara : 21-17, 21-18



WD : Final result: Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota vs Ayaka Takahashi/Misaki Matsutomo : 21-15, 21-13

 

Momota eventually prevailed: it was even 11-3 at the break, but Nishimoto fought back and the final score was something like 21-11.
I thought Momota would be more emotional after his victory: maybe it was not such a big deal in the end.

 

For some reason, Google Translate is terrible in Japanese.

 

Relief instead of happiness for KM-kun

 

I didn't watch the match, but I think Nishimoto will try hard to smash to get points at set 2, but Momota knows how to "regulate his stamina". At set 3, Nishimoto takes deep breath and Momota will control the game. (Someone tell me it's true or not ?, please ^-^)

Hoki/Nagahara will the second pair in mixed double at international tournament in future, I think. This pair is wonderful combination from Japan coaches.

 

I think HokiNaga has great potential. Just need some time to work out their chemistry. Nagahara is great at the net!

 

Yamaguchi is on the verge of capturing her 3rd national title: leading 15-8 in Game 3.