Momota Kento lost points again, and An Sailong could not support him alone! In the semi-finals of the Thoms Cup, Japan + Denmark lost 2-3 at the same time,
, the Chinese men's badminton team, which did not send the strongest lineup, lost to the defending champion Indonesian men's badminton team in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Thoms Cup (World Men's Badminton Team Championship). It missed the semi-finals of the second time in history. It could only watch the opponent fight to the death in the semi-finals. The two groups staged a classic duel in the semi-finals. After 5 hard battles, Indonesia narrowly defeated Japan 3-2. The Indian men's badminton team defeated the European powerhouse Denmark with the same score, and two Southeast Asian teams met in the Thoms Cup final.
The Japanese men's badminton team lost to Indonesia in the Thoms Cup semi-finals. The main reason is that Kento Momota, who was the first to play, lost a key point. In a single duel, Kento Momota, the No. 1 Japanese badminton player in the World Badminton League, ranked second in men's singles, and Kento Momota, the No. 5 in the world's Indonesian star Kim Ting, fought hard for 1 hour and 21 minutes, and lost 1-2. The scores in the three games were (Kento Momota ranked first): 13-21, 21-14, 12-21. In the subsequent games, although other players of the Japanese men's badminton team performed tenaciously and scored 2 points each with Indonesia, they eventually lost the knockout match because of Kento Momota's first game.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time Kento Momota lost points in the past year. In the 2021 Sudiman Cup final, Kento Momota lost to the national badminton player Shi Yuqi, and lost a point that was considered a must-win. Japan was no match for the national badminton team and finally won the runner-up. Born in 1004, Kento Momota is the best in badminton history in Japan! He sets records many times and is the first Japanese player to win the World Badminton Championships and the All-English Badminton Open Championships. He is the first Japanese player to top the World Badminton Federation men's singles ranking. He is the first Japanese player to win the World Badminton Federation male athlete of the year... He is included in the Guinness World Record with 11 badminton men's singles championships.
With his strong performance, Kento Momota was once considered to be another male badminton player with super dominance after Lin Dan. However, at the Tokyo Olympics in Little Japan, Kento Momota who fought locally lost to South Korean player Xu Zhixi and missed the top 16 men's singles in badminton, and thus began to have a big decline in the record. Sudiman Cup final lost to Shi Yuqi, and lost to Indonesian player Chiko in the first round of men's singles in the 2022 Asian Badminton Championships, and encountered a first round of games! The ranking of the world's number one men's singles has long given way to An Sailong, the number one Danish badminton player who can speak fluent Chinese. After losing to Jin Ting this time, it is still unknown whether Kento Momota can bottom out and rebound.
As Kento Momota's biggest competitor, Ansayon also missed the Thomas Cup final. In the match against India, Ansayon easily defeated Lakshya Sen, the ninth-ranked men's singles world, two 21-13 in a single match. However, in the subsequent games, other players of the Danish team, including Anthony, were not very good. Ansayon was unable to support himself and could not change the fate of Denmark being eliminated by India.
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