{"id":411235,"date":"2024-07-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=411235"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Japan-s-Fujiwara-upsets-men-s-No-1-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Japan-s-Fujiwara-upsets-men-s-No-1-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s Fujiwara upsets men\u2019s No. 1 seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Keisuke Fujiwara yesterday upset men\u2019s No. 1 seed Viren Nettasinghe of Sri Lanka in the Round of 16 of the Badminton World Federation Grade 3 International Challenge tournament\u2014the Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024\u2014yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>Fujiwara controlled the points throughout the match as all the 21-year-old Nettasinghe could do was play catchup. The upset was palpable after the first set was taken by Fujiwara, 21-17.<\/p>\n<p>The upset then became inevitable after a laboring Nettasinghe trudged on in the second set. But with sheer willpower and some mistakes by Fujiwara, Nettasinghe managed to sneak his last few points in after Fujiwara created some unforced errors on his returns.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fujiwara locked in after that and held down Nettasinghe, 21-16.<\/p>\n<p>Then, just as the men\u2019s matchup finished, the women\u2019s singles between No. 1 Chinese Taipei\u2019s Hsiang Ti Lin and teammate Yu Wei Peng raged on in its final points.<\/p>\n<p>Lin battled her way past the second set as Peng flirted with a rally and a tie-breaking third set, but Lin wrapped it up with consecutive points, 21-18. Lin won the first set, 21-14.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, not all matches are finished.<\/p>\n<p>In singles match results, women\u2019s No. 3 seed Kaoru Sugiyama bested Hsin-Pei Tsai, 21-16, 21-12; No. 5 seed Ching Ping Huang fell to unseeded Yue Yann Hooi, 18-21, 16-21; and No. 6 seed Akari Kurihara edged Siang Syuan Lin, 22-20, 21-7.<\/p>\n<p>Unseeded Arena Samin won over No. 7 Riko Gunji via walkover; No. 8 Yu-Hsuan Lee lost to Mihane Endo, 10-21, 17-21; and No. 4 Asuka Takahashi fell to Sakura Masuki, 19-21, 18-21.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s singles, No. 2 Kuan Lin Kuo dominated Kwang Hee Heo, 21-8, 21-12; No. 4 seed Ryoma Muramoto won over Chen Jia Chu, 21-15, 21-13; No. 5 seed Justin Hoh beat Ping-Hsien Huang, 21-15, 21-17; No. 7 Yu Huang battled it out against Saran Jamsri, 19-21, 21-19, 21-18; Cheng Kai blasted past Wongsup Wongsup-In 21-5, 21-17; and Cheng-Han Tsai edged Pyeong Gang Choi, 23-21, 21-11.<\/p>\n<p>For Fujiwara, he said he decided to \u201cattack aggressively\u201d and when he won and upset the tourney\u2019s No. 1 seed, he was \u201crelieved,\u201d In his next match, he said, \u201cI plan to approach it with a confident attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Hsiang Ti Lin, she said she didn\u2019t feel like she played her best despite her win. On how she pushed through and got the win anyhow, she said that being left-handed is an advantage as the angle of her returns is different than right-handed players. For her next match, she hopes she is able to believe in herself and do her best to win again.<\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/df81a017ddcc38f519e5d0309ebc9286.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Keisuke Fujiwara leaps for a smash during his game against No. 1 seed Viren Nettasinghe of Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the Badminton World Federation Grade 3 International Challenge tournament\u2014the Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024\u2014 yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/9c7b3006771ee398b9840507ab55f9c2.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s singles No. 1 seed Chinese Taipei\u2019s Hsiang Ti Lin dives for a return during her second set matchup against teammate Yu Wei Peng in the Badminton World Federation Grade 3 International Challenge tournament\u2014the Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024\u2014 yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/aea9ebd6a547a3b715adb32cb9ffb048.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>NMI\u2019s junior badminton player Lina Tsukagoshi during a practice session in the Badminton World Federation Grade 3 International Challenge tournament\u2014the Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024\u2014yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/ff114608c92206fcc90547707c1f04bf.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>NMI\u2019s junior badminton player Genelyn Lansangan during a practice session in the Badminton World Federation Grade 3 International Challenge tournament\u2014the Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024\u2014 yesterday at the Gilbert C. 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