Asian Games: Japan's Yamaguchi takes women's badminton silver

Japan's Akane Yamaguchi took women's badminton silver Tuesday at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after South Korea's world No. 1, An Se Young, proved too strong in the final, winning 21-17, 21-9.The 24-year-old An, the reigning Olympic and world champion, claimed back-to-back Asian Games titles, running away with the second game after holding off Yamaguchi in a closely fought first game.World No. 3 Yamaguchi was looking to avenge losses to the South Korean star in the world championship final in August, as well as in the Asian Games women's team semifinals last week.Yamaguchi, 29, was also aim…READ FULL ARTICLE