Badminton: Shida, Matsuyama fall to Malaysian pair at Japan Open

Host nation favorites Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama were knocked out in the semifinals of the women's doubles at the Japan Open badminton championships on Saturday.Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan rolled to a 21-13, 21-11 victory over the Paris Olympics bronze medalists, who have decided to part ways after the world championships in the French capital next month."In the end, we couldn't play our game at all," Matsuyama said after the doubles pair's last match in front of home fans.The Malaysian pair turned around a 4-3 deficit by winning eight straight points in the first g…READ FULL ARTICLE