Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto have sparked their career again by closing a new partnership and hiring together for a year. By winning the Malaysia Open S1000, you have shown that you are ready to face the best in the world.
Yuki and Mayu teamed up for the first time at the Uber Cup 2020 – a couple of scratch that was born from the absence of their regular partners. At first as a Stopgap, the duo saw promising, but the relationship was put on hold after the tournament. Fast lead until the end of 2024 and the partnership had another chance of flowering.
Yuki at the age of 31 would have an honorable paragraph for retirement after a series of setbacks, including the heartbreaking violation of her partner at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the missed qualification for Paris 2024. Instead, she found a new spark by brought together with Akira Koga in mixed doubles and profits that restored their trust. Then came the resignation of Mayus long -term partner Wakana Nagahara, who prompted Mayu to leave her domestic team and to connect Yuki in Honegori Sagamihara.
Now the couple has undertaken to spend a year together. The aim of playing with freedom and avoiding the pressure of high expectations. It is an intelligent approach that enables you to use your potential without the burden of perfection.
Your chemistry at the Court of Justice is undeniable; Your smile is uplifting. Yuki can be a good defensive anchor; Quickly absorb the pressure and set attacks. Mayu has a sharp, hard blow and a good reach, so the rotation between them does not reveal any weakness, but I prefer it in front. It has courage and a good spatial sense. Your cross course game and bold recordings can turn the swing of a rally. There are still mistakes in communication between them, but the basic level of two earlier world #1 is so high that they should be able to overcome disorders.
Fukumatsu has arrived. Who knows how far this trip will lead you? The open victory of Malaysia Open was just the beginning of the promise to be an exciting partnership.
If you have enjoyed this, take a look at my piece via Fukuhiro at the Tokyo Olympic Games here https://www.sportsondaily.com/2021/27/yuki-and- und–sayaka-at- The-olympics/
My friend Biaoli often writes about Malaysian Badminton and can find his website https://badmintoniacs.wordpress.com/2025/07/hello-axiata-arena/
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