World Champions Seek to Make Amends – Women’s Doubles: Preview
Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara were in the semifinals of their first season finale last year, but the world champions believe they weren’t at their best and are determined to do better this time.
· DEV SUKUMAR
As the earliest qualifiers to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019, Matsumoto and Nagahara were comfortably placed while their compatriots were scurrying to qualify.
“We’re very happy that we qualified for the World Tour Finals as the world champions this year. We were disappointed with our results last year, and we hope to win this time round,” said Nagahara, in an interview with Badminton Unlimited.
“Last year we won the World Championships plus a ticket to Guangzhou. We felt so happy we could participate in the big tournament,” said her partner Matsumoto, adding that she was “satisfied” with the semifinal finish.