Japanese badminton star Kento Momota says he plans to play "with a sense of gratitude in my heart" when he makes his Olympic debut at the Tokyo games. Tokyo Olympics: Badminton star Kento Momota grateful for chance after deadly crash. The Olympics will be the biggest test Momota has faced so far in his comeback from a fatal highway accident …
Fourth-seeded Akane Yamaguchi, however, was her usual phlegmatic self, not allowing even a flicker of satisfaction to touch her poker-faced visage after completing a 21-13, 21-15 hatchet job It was Japan’s day in the sun on Sunday, as shuttlers from the Land of the Rising Sun annexed with consummate ease both the stellar singles titles at the 38th edition of …