Kento Momota Hits Rock Bottom in Badminton World

VIVA – Kento Momota is one of the badminton athletes known for his explosive moves and unpredictable playing movements. During his badminton career, he managed to achieve proud achievements such as winning the Thomas Cup in 2014, the 2015 BWF World Championship, and many more.

But unfortunately, in 2022, Kento Momota experienced many incidents that made his name fade and predicted to hits the rock bottom in the badminton world. So, here are the signs that Kento Momota's name is starting to fade from the badminton world.

The men's singles representative from Japan, Kento Momota chose to withdraw at the 2022 Denmark Open. Momota is reportedly more confused about choosing the tournament he will participate in because he admits that he no longer feels happiness in the world of badminton.

"I have no joy and I can't win. Right now, I am in a situation of not knowing what is lacking in me," Momota said as quoted from Badminton Planet.

"It's not scary, but honestly, I'm starting to lose confidence when playing." He added.

Kento Momota's performance throughout 2022 is indeed quite concerning, as he has never been a winner in several matches presented. 

Kento Momota last appeared at the 2022 Japan Open. Unfortunately, in the match at home, Momota looked quite overwhelmed against Indonesia's representative, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the round of 32.

Now, BWF has updated the world ranking. In the update as of Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Momota, who is known as the king in the badminton world, has a tragic fate. Momota is ranked 10th in the world and earned 68,904 points.

Momota has experienced several downgrades. Previously, in the update as of November 8, he was ranked 9th with 72,304 points.

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo defeated Kento Momota in the first round of the Badminton Asia Championship (BAC) 2022. At that time, Chico who appeared as a non-seed made a surprise by defeating Momota as the defending champion as well as the main seed in the individual championship on the Asian continent.

Kento Momota's career as a professional men's singles badminton player has been up and down. The last few years after the accident in Malaysia in 2020 was the beginning of his career decline. Slowly, his ranking which was number one in the world dropped. He is currently in the 10th position.

Ending the 2022 season early and missing the BWF World Tour Finals, Kento Momota is now busy teaching badminton in villages in his home country, Japan.

The 2022 BWF World Tour Finals to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 7-11, 2022 will be different this year, he will not be participating.

Momota recently announced an early end to his season. He will take a break after appearing at the 2022 World Championships and the 2022 Japan Open. The 28-year-old badminton athlete did not have good results in the round of 32 in his last two tournaments.

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27 November 2024