2023-12-29 05:37:00
Momota Kento and Naraoka Kodai failed to stage the showdown between Japan’s previous aces. (composite photo from this newspaper)
Zhang Haoqun/Editor
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report]The top four men’s singles event of the All-Japan Badminton Championships was originally expected to feature a duel between Japan’s top brothers. However, the current top brother Kodai Naraoka withdrew due to poor health, and Kento Momota advanced to the finals without a fight.
The duel between Momota Kento and Naraoka Kodai attracted the attention of the Japanese media before the game, and even called it the first ace showdown in the Japanese men’s badminton world. However, now ranked second in the world, Naraoka Kodai, who is now Japan’s number one brother, has a reason for the competition. Due to poor health, he chose to abandon the game. According to the “Sports News” report, when the news of Isao Naraoka’s withdrawal came from the live broadcast, many spectators made sounds of regret.
Last year’s champion and 5-time champion Momota Kento advanced to the finals without injury today, and will next face the winner of Watanabe Kouki and Ogawa Shogo. Kento Momota won the World Championships in 2018 and 2019 and maintained the world title for 3 years and 2 months. However, he suffered a serious car accident after winning the Malaysia Badminton Masters in January 2020. He has suffered from low back pain this year and is currently ranked only 38th in the world and 6th among Japanese men’s singles players.
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