Latest News on Akane Yamaguchi
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Dec 14, 2018
BWF World Tour Finals: Sameer Verma joins PV Sindhu in playoff semi-finals with straight games win over Kantaphon Wangcharoen
With Sameer Verma ending runner-up in the group, the Indian will clash in the penultimate round of the tournament with China’s Shi Yuqi, who finished his outings in Group A with an all-win 3-0 record. -
Dec 14, 2018
BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu turns the tables on redoubtable adversary to down Tai Tzu Ying, ensures qualification for semis
The edge-of-the-seat win over Tai has given PV Sindhu the luxury of taking it easy on the morrow against Beiwen Zhang, although it would be in her own interest to keep the winning momentum going. -
Dec 12, 2018
BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu’s mature performance sinks Akane Yamaguchi; Kento Momota demolishes Sameer Verma
Rising to her full stature as a badminton player who is being hailed as a future world champion, PV Sindhu put in a mature, determined performance to beat Akane Yamaguchi -
Dec 12, 2018
BWF World Tour Finals 2018: PV Sindhu notches hard-fought win over defending champion Akane Yamaguchi in group match
Sindhu, who had finished runner-up at the last edition in Dubai, dished out a superb game, mixed with patience and aggression, to defeat Akane Yamaguchi. -
Dec 10, 2018
BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu handed tough draw in women's singles; Sameer Verma will fancy his chances
PV Sindhu has been handed a tough draw in women's singles but debutante Sameer Verma will fancy his chances of making it to the men's singles knockout stage at the BWF World Tour Finals -
Nov 18, 2018
Hong Kong Open: Son Wan-ho wins first title since 2016; Nozomi Okuhara beats Ratchanok Intanon in hard-fought victory
Sixth seed Son Wan-ho, who stunned Japanese world number one Kento Momota in the semis, yielded 12 points in a row in the first game before finding his form after the first break to win 14-21, 21-17, 21-13 in 89 minutes -
Nov 12, 2018
Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal handed tough draws; Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy likely to meet in second round
PV Sindhu takes on Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol, whom she leads 4-1 in head-to-head career meetings, having won on the last three occasions that the two have clashed in the two years 2017-18 -
Oct 29, 2018
French Open 2018 takeaways: Kento Momota, Tai Tzu Ying proved to be beatable, Chen Long's comeback and more
World No 1s Kento Momota and Tai Tzu Ying proved to be fallible, Chen Long broke his title hoodoo, Indians fizzled out after spirited displays — here are our five takeaways from the French Open 2018. -
Oct 29, 2018
French Open 2018: Chen Long, Akane Yamaguchi upset fancied stars; young Chinese upstarts win men's doubles crown with elan
Chen Long looked much more like the all-conquering player of old, while the doughty, grimly determined Akane Yamaguchi outlasted the artistic but wayward defending champion Tai Tzu Ying. -
Oct 28, 2018
French Open 2018: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty give World No 1 pair a harrowing time; Chen Long subdues Kento Momota
The youthful Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty gave the top-seeded combination of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo a truly harrowing time.
