: Watch, Japan Open Super 750: Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto, Akane Yamaguchi win singles titles #IndiaNEWS Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton’s Japan

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Watch, Japan Open Super 750: Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto, Akane Yamaguchi win singles titles #IndiaNEWS
Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton’s Japan Open Super 750 tournament in Osaka on Sunday, winning the men’s and women’s singles titles for the host country.World No 21 Nishimoto stunned Chinese Taipei’s fourth seed Chou Tien Chen 21-19, 21-23, 21-17 to finally claim his first international title, having lost in his previous six final appearances.Nishimoto’s win gave the home crowd something to cheer after Japan’s No 2 seed Kento Momota lost in the first round earlier in the week.The 28-year-old Nishimoto said he was “really happy and also a bit relievedâ€? after landing his first title.“I was very worried going into the third game,â€? said Nishimoto. “He’s a veteran player with a lot of skill who knows how to play cleverly, so I had to be careful right until the end.â€?Chou, who reached the semi-finals of last week’s world championships in Tokyo, is known as badminton’s comeback king but he could not find a way past Nishimoto in the third game.“I just tried to keep pushing,â€? said Chou. “It worked in the second set but in the third set I made some mistakes and it was difficult to move closer.â€?Drama unfolds as Chou Tien Chen and Kenta Nishimoto 🇯ð‘íH˜]K‹‹”™XY[Ü™H

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