Since the Thai Open is close to the two major competitions of Malay and Indonesian , even the Super500 event has ushered in a "retreatment wave", and even the local Indanon has withdrew. However, among the many players who withdrew from the competition, none of the Japanese players withdrew from the competition and prepared for the upcoming World Championships by using competition instead of training. In today's women's singles arena, Japan staged a civil war: 's appearance represents Ohori Aya PK's tenacity spirit represents Sato Saeka !
The strongest player in the Japanese women's singles is undoubtedly Akane Yamaguchi , and the second singles is the women's singles champion of the 2017 World Championships Okuhara Hope . Both of them performed relatively stably and became two important female singles players in the world badminton world. In addition, Japan's third women's singles have been hovering between: Ohoriaki and Sato Sato .
Although Takahashi Saga ranks high, it is not in the first team in Japan, so I won't discuss it for the time being.
First talk about Ohori Aya, because she looks sweet, she is jokingly called "wife" by many fans. Of course, being able to join the first team in Japan cannot be underestimated. According to relevant media reports, in the Japanese League at the end of 2017, Aya Ohori defeated Akane Yamaguchi to win the championship, which shows that she is not weak. However, in foreign competitions, Aya Ohori often showed some difficulty.
Judging from the results in 2018, Ohori Ai can be regarded as "miserable": 3-stop tournament (Indonesian Masters, Asian Championships, Malaysia Open); 2-stop 16 (Malaysian Masters, Germany); 2-stop 8 Women's Singles Top 8 in the All England Championship, and in the US Open. The poor performance in foreign war events also caused her to lose the quota for Uber .
Look at Sato Sato again. In the 2012 London Olympics women's singles 8th final, Sato Sato played against No. 5 seed Danish player Bowen. He was accidentally injured while leading the first game, and then withdrew with tears. After nearly five years of return, she won the women's singles championship in the top Indonesian tournament in the 2017 season, which can be regarded as a return to the ranks of the world's top players!
However, in the 2018 season, her performance was worse than Aya Ohori: 3 tournament (Indonesian Masters, Asian Championships, Malaysia Open); 4 rounds of 16 (Malaysian Masters, Germany, All England Championships, US Open); no results in the quarterfinals and after.
From the overall results, it can be seen that Aya Ohori is slightly better than Sato Sato. Perhaps it was this that made her win a little bit in today's game. The two sides played three games in the game. Ai Ohori was defeated 9-21 in the first game of . Sato Sato was defeated by Ai Ohori while leading 12-2 in the second game. The two sides fought to the end in the third game, Ai Ohori narrowly won 21-18 and won the game. The game situation is as follows:
Another thing to say is that Aya is much better in the civil war than in the foreign war, and her psychological quality is indeed not strong. In the US Open, in the women's singles 8th final, Aya Ohori faced South Korean player Joichi. In the second game, Aya Ohori led 20-12, holding 8 match points, but was reversed by his opponent's 10 points in a row. In the semi-finals against Zhang Beiwen, in the second game, Aya Ohori got the match point 20-14, but was overtaken by Zhang Beiwen for 7 points in a row, and finally reversed the game. The whole game was exhausted.
However, Aya Ohori's overall record is indeed one point better than Sato Sato. So many fans think she should be the third female singles of Riyu. What do you think?