The 2021 French Open Badminton Tournament decided the quarterfinals last night, and in the most closely watched men's singles competition, Japan's Kento Momota reversed the promotion, and Denmark's Arcelor withdrew for some reason.
Yesterday, top seed Kento Momota played against Denmark's Jimke, and in the first set Momota kendou reversed it after falling behind 4-11, winning 21-19 and winning 21-18 in the second set to advance to the quarterfinals. Denmark's Acelon opted out of the match after scoring just one point against South Korea's Yoo Yoo Hee on Wednesday. Arcelor said that the continuous battle made his body signal injury, so he chose to retire.
In several other men's singles competitions, Hong Kong's Wu Jialang lost 0-2 to Japan's Changshan Kantai, and South Korea's Hee Woo-hee, Chinese Taipei's Zhou Tiancheng, India's Lakshya and other famous players successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the women's singles competition, the No. 2 seed, Thailand's Ratchano, rebounded, winning 2-0 in two consecutive rounds, and advancing with Li Meimei and Bussanland, the Thai women's singles occupied three of the quarterfinals. In addition, top seed Akane Yamaguchi, World Champion Schindhu and Defending French Open champion Ahn Ching-ya also advanced to the quarter-finals.
Indonesia's men's doubles team won three places in the quarterfinals, namely Sukkamyo/Gideon, Asan/Hendra, and Alfian/Adianto. In addition, malaysia's Su Weiyi/Xie Dingfeng, Wang Yaoxin/Zhang Yuyu entered the final eight, India's Ranki Reddy/Xie Ti, South Korea's Gao Chengxuan/Shin Baizhe, and Japan's Yugo Kobayashi/Homu Sakuro.
The Chinese team did not participate in this competition, so Japan and South Korea clearly had the upper hand in the women's doubles competition, with the top two seeded South Korean teams Lee Shao-hee/Shin Seung-joong and Kim Joo-young/Kong Hee-young and Japan's Nao-wei Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida, Yuki Fukushima/Ariosa Higashino both advancing to the quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that the Japanese team's Higashino Yusa is a double operation this time, and the double is promoted.
In the mixed doubles finals, there are famous players such as Japan's Yusa Higashino/Watanabe, Thailand's Tokuchabo/Sha Xili, Indonesia's Jordan/Merathi, Malaysia's Chan Bing-chi/Wu Liuying, and Hong Kong's Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue.
Tonight, the French Open will be contested for the quarter-finals, and the three-time World Championship men's doubles champions, Indonesia's veteran Ashan /Hendra will play against the 2014 World Championship champion, South Korea's Gao Sung-hyun / Shin Baek-cheol; Akane Yamaguchi vs. Lee Myriad, Syondehu vs. Busanland; Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa vs. Chen Bingqi / Wu Liuying.