Japan loses to China in Asian Games women's badminton team final

Japan lost to China 3-0 in the women's badminton team final on Thursday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.Japan failed to take its chance in each of the three matches at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, starting with a 14-21, 21-19, 21-17 loss by Akane Yamaguchi against Wang Zhiyi in the singles.World No. 3 Yamaguchi scored seven straight points from 5-3 and led throughout to win the first game, but second-ranked Wang stepped up in the second game as she forced long rallies and grabbed the tight contest to tie at 1-1.Yamaguchi fell behind early in the third game as her shots continued to …READ FULL ARTICLE