Match Info

BWF WORLD TOUR - MEN: Thailand Open - 1/8-finals

Date: 14 May 2026, Thursday

Location: Nimibutr Arena (Bangkok)


	Kodai Naraoka		Koki Watanabe

	1	2
			Watch
	1.52	2.31
	1.44	2.51	Watch
	1.54	2.35
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.5 ↓ (1.58)	2.39 ↑ (2.23)

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Current Win Probability

Kodai Naraoka
61.4%

Koki Watanabe
38.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

58.6%

41.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Kodai Naraoka has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.8%)

Koki Watanabe has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.8%)

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Preview

Naraoka is ranked BWF: 9. Watanabe is ranked BWF: 21.

Watanabe has been unpredictable lately (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Naraoka may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Naraoka is expected to have a slight advantage in this match.

In the last 3 head-to-head matches, Naraoka won 2 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 5:4. (average 1.7:1.3).

Last Results with these Odds

Koki Watanabe - the odds 2.23 are the expected chance of winning is 41.39%, but this team recently wins 29% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Kodai Naraoka
Badminton
13.05.26	Kodai Naraoka - Ayush Shetty	2:1 ✺
29.04.26	Kodai Naraoka - Jun Hao Leong	2:0 ✺
04.03.26	Kean Yew Loh - Kodai Naraoka	2:1 ✺
13.01.26	Kodai Naraoka - Kenta Nishimoto	Naraoka K. retired ✺
12.01.26	Kodai Naraoka - Chia Hao Lee	Canceled ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.5 WWL??
- Koki Watanabe
Badminton
13.05.26	Koki Watanabe - Tharun Mannepalli	2:0 ✺
01.05.26	Toma Junior Popov - Koki Watanabe	2:0 ✺
29.04.26	Koki Watanabe - Zii Jia Lee	0:2 ✺
27.04.26	Koki Watanabe - Cholan Kayan	2:0 ✺
13.03.26	Yuji Tanaka - Koki Watanabe	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.4 WLLWL

Latest Head to Head

Badminton
20.09.24	Koki Watanabe - Kodai Naraoka	1:2
05.07.24	Koki Watanabe - Kodai Naraoka	2:1
18.11.22	Koki Watanabe - Kodai Naraoka	1:2

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