{"id":14902,"date":"2026-07-16T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=14902"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:00:31","slug":"walkovers-and-upsets-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/walkovers-and-upsets-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkovers and upsets in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">It was a day of walkovers and upsets at the Japan Open badminton championships in Tokyo. Korean superstar An Se-young and top ranked women\u2019s doubles Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning were those who withdrew injured in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Also conceding a walkover was eight seeded Pornpawee Chochuwong, who did not take court in her women\u2019s singles match against&nbsp; Korean Kim Ga-eun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Se-young, the biggest drawcard in the competition, injured her left ankle in her opening round 21-6, 21-9 demolition of world number 21 Hina Akechi of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Se-young withdrew to seek further treatment back in Korea, instead of aggravating the injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The 24-year-old ace was aiming for her fourth consecutive title after her successes at the Asian Individual Championships (April), Singapore Open (May), and Indonesia Open (June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Shengshu-Tan Ning conceded a walkover to Indonesia\u2019s Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Meilysa Trias Puspitasari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Eight seeded Pornpawee Chochuwong also conceded injured in her singles match to Korean Kim Ga-eun, who gets a free ride into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There were also plenty of upset wins by unseeded players in all categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">American\u2019s Lauren Lam-Allisson Quynh Lee packed off third seeded Korean\u2019s Baek Ha-na-Lee So-hee 9-21, 21-18, 21-12 to book their place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In an all-Japanese encounter unseeded Hinata Suzuki-Nao Yamakita edged out seventh seeded Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi 21-15, 18-21, 21-11 to progress to the last eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In the women\u2019s singles, Indian veteran P.V. Sindhu continued her mastery over fifth seeded Han Yue. She defeated the Chinese player for the eighth time in nine meetings courtesy of a 21-16, 21-14 victory and qualify for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Frenchman Alex Lanier, the men\u2019s singles seventh seed, was beaten for the first time in four meetings this season by Indonesian Alwi Farhan. Alwi battled for 65-minutes before overcoming Lanier 9-21, 21-14, 21-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Malaysia\u2019s Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie&nbsp; Lai sprang the biggest upset in the mixed doubles when they gunned down second seeds Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin 21-14, 21-7 in just 29-minutes. It was only their first win over their rivals in 12 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Another Malaysian pair \u2013 Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yin \u2013 scalped yet another top ten ranked pair. They defeated sixth seeds Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France in a tight encounter, winning 23-21, 24-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Fourth seeded mixed double pairing of Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran of Thailand were also second round losers. Taiwan\u2019s Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang carved out an impressive 21-16, 21-16 win over the Thai duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Also out are fifth seeds Guo Xinwa-Chen Fanghui of China, who crashed out 21-11, 18-21, 19-21 a t the hands of Taiwanese Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In the men\u2019s doubles competition, sixth seeds Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani of Indonesia succumbed to a 17-21, 17-21 defeat to the English duo of Ben Lane-Sean Vendy. Despite being ranked higher, the Indonesian pair have now lost all their four meetings with Lane-Vendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>SECOND ROUND RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Men\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) bt Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 14-21, 21-10, 21-11; Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) bt Jason Teh Jia Heng (Sgp) 21-11, 21-16; Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) bt Panitchaphon Teeraratsakukul (Tha) 10-21, 21-16, 21-16; Christo Popov (Fra) bt Leong Jun Hao (Mas) 21-16, 21-11, 21-17; Koki Watanabe (Jpn) bt Nguyen Nhat (Ire) 21-15, 21-19; Alwi Farhan (Ina) bt Alex Lanier (Fra) 9-21, 21-14, 21-16; Anders Antonssen (Den) bt Moh. Zaki Ubaidillah (Ina) 21-12, 21-19; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Brian Yang (Can) 16-21, 21-19, 21-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Men\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Ben Lane-Sean Vendy (Eng) bt Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Ina) 21-11, 21-17; Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin (Mas) bt Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) 21-18, 21-19; Chen Zhi Yi-Presley Smith (USA) bt Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard (Den) 21-15, 21-12; Kang Khai Xing-Aaron Tai (Mas) bt Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan (Tpe) 21-10, 21-15; Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae (Kor) bt Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi (Jpn) 21-14, 21-16; Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (Ina) bt Lee Fang-Chih-Lee Fang-Jen (Tpe) 21-14, 21-14; Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Haruki Kawabe-Kenta Matsukawa (Jpn) 21=19, 19-21, 21-19; Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang (Chn) bt Huang Di-Liu Yang (Chn) 21-17, 21-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Women\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Sim Yu Jin (Kor) bt Michelle Li (Can) 18-21, 21-19, 21-16; P.V. 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