On the afternoon of July 30, Beijing time, the tokyo Olympic badminton women's singles quarterfinals continued. In the just-concluded match, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi lost 0-2 to India's sister Sindu and missed the semi-finals. Since Okuhara hope lost to He Bingjiao in the morning, the Japanese women's singles doubles were all out, and they did not have the opportunity to impact the medal in advance. At this point, the Olympic journey of the Japanese badminton team in 5 individual events has all come to an end, and finally only one bronze medal has been won.
In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, Akane Yamaguchi, 24, was once ranked No. 1 in the world, and together with Okuhara Hope, she took on the responsibility of rushing for the gold medal for the Japanese women's feather at home. In the group stage, Akane Yamaguchi won two games, and there was no suspense in the promotion. In the quarter-finals, she was hit by South Korea's Kim Jae-eun, but won two consecutive sets 21-17 and 21-18 with her overall advantage to break into the quarterfinals.
Sindu, 26, who is currently ranked No. 7 in the world, has won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics and is a household sports star in India, belonging to India's national treasure athletes. In the first match of the Tokyo Olympic group stage, Sindhu defeated Israel's Polikapova 2-0, and in the second match, he finished the second match with Zhang Yanyi, a Hong Kong player, and easily advanced. In the round of 16 knockout round, Sindhu won two consecutive sets 21-15, 21-13 again, sending Danish Bridgefield out 2-0.
As Olympic favourites, Akane Yamaguchi and Sindu have played each other 18 times before, with India winning 11 and losing 7. The most recent fixture between the two sides was in the quarter-finals of this year's All England Open, where Sindhu reversed 21-16, 21-19 after losing one set 16-21.
In the first set of the game, Akane Yamaguchi formed a stalemate with Sindu in the opening stage, you come and go, the score alternately rose; after a few rounds, Sindu began to exert his strength, scoring 3 points in a row to establish a 14-9 lead; then the score was pulled more and more open, Sindu attacked and defended all aspects of the hanging, she easily won the opening red at 21-13.
In the second set, Sindu quickly gained the upper hand in the game, Akane Yamaguchi was suppressed in all directions, and Sindu entered the closing stage with a 14-8 lead. Akane Yamaguchi made a final effort, she set off a counterattack climax, the score was reversed to 18-16, and went to the set point 20-18, but Sindu finally refused to turn the tables, 22-20 to the next city, the total score of 2-0 eliminated Akane Yamaguchi.
In recent years, the Nippon masters represented by Momota Kendou have achieved a lot of good results in the international arena, so they have a high spirit for the home games of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and even talk about attacking all 5 gold medals in the five individual events. However, with Momota Kendou's group stage upset, Nippon entered the rhythm of defeat. Tokiyama Kanta men's singles quarterfinals 0-2 loss to Kim Ting, two pairs of Japanese men's doubles stopped in the quarterfinals, two pairs of women's doubles missed the top 4, mixed doubles top 8 were eliminated, Okuhara hopes to fight hard this morning 3 sets lost to He Bingjiao shot...
In this afternoon's game, Akane Yamaguchi was still powerless to reverse the decline, and Nippon added another defeat, which was also the last defeat of the Nippon Army. With Akane Yamaguchi losing to Sindu, the journey of the Japanese badminton players came to an end. In the end, Nippon's best result was Yudai Watanabe/ Yusa Higashino entering the mixed doubles top 4 and winning a bronze medal.