After the former goal, Okuhara hoped to reach the round of 16 of the 2025 Chinese Taipei Open Badminton Championships, and was interviewed and cried after the game

Japan's former queen Okuhara Nozomi defeated compatriot Yona Akiji 21:18 and 24:22 at the Super 300 Series 2025 Chinese Taipei Open Badminton Championships on the 7th, and she successfully boarded the women's singles round of 16 train after 10 years of participation in Taipei, and she was even more excited and cried after the game.

Nozomi Okuhara after Japan's front ball

The 30-year-old Okuhara is currently ranked 45th in the world in women's singles, and has reached the round of 16 at the Super 500 Indonesia Masters in three of the first four stops of the season, which is the third time in his career that he has participated in the Chinese Taipei Open, the previous time was in the quarterfinals of the women's singles in 2015.

She revealed that the last time she was not injured was in Singapore and Indonesia in June last year, and she couldn't play freely on the court for nearly a year, and she once thought that she might not be able to return to the court, "I'm really grateful to be still standing on the court, and I hope I can get better and better." ”

Okuhara wanted to be interviewed after the game and cried

Okuhara revealed that his current physical condition is completely fine, and although his skills cannot be compared to the past, he will do his best as long as he is on the court, hoping to "play until he can't play". As for the emotional tears, she said that these are happy tears, and she loves to cry very much.

Okuhara hopes that his opponent in the round of 16 will be Chinese Taipei's sixth seed Lin Xiangti, who defeated Thailand's Choi Ki-on 26-24, 18-21, 21-14 today to advance after 73 minutes.