Bangkok Beckons: ‘Feels Like I’m Back’
Kento Momota is back hitting shuttles with a racket in his hand.
· BWF STAFF
Top seed at next month’s YONEX Thailand Open and TOYOTA Thailand Open, the world No.1 marked his return to competitive badminton after almost a year by beating Koshiro Moriguchi 21-12 21-14 in the All-Japan National Championships first round in Tokyo yesterday.
The Japanese had been sidelined since an accident en route to the airport after winning the PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2020 in January left him needing a surgery on a fractured eye socket.
His message following the 36-minute straight game victory, though uttered with caution, was nevertheless ominous to rivals.