Match Info

BWF WORLD TOUR - MEN: Japan Open - Semi-finals

Date: 18 July 2026, Saturday 🏁 Finished

Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Tokyo) 🌤️ ...


	Koki Watanabe		Yuji Tanaka

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Koki Watanabe
49.8%

Yuji Tanaka
50.2%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

53.6%

46.4%

Our Initial ML Estimation

53.5%

46.5%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Koki Watanabe has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.8%)

Yuji Tanaka has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.8%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Koki Watanabe than the current prediction. (+3.7%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Yuji Tanaka than the current prediction. (-3.7%)

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Watanabe is ranked BWF: 17. Tanaka is ranked BWF: 22.

Currently, both players are in excellent shape.

In this match, both players are almost equally likely to win.

In the last 3 head-to-head matches, Watanabe won 1 match, drew 0 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 2:2. (average 0.7:0.7).

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Koki Watanabe
Badminton
17.07.26	Koki Watanabe - Anders Antonsen	2:0 ✺
16.07.26	Koki Watanabe - Nhat Nguyen	2:0 ✺
14.07.26	Lakshya Sen - Koki Watanabe	0:2 ✺
04.06.26	Koki Watanabe - Victor Lai	0:2 ✺
03.06.26	Brian Yang - Koki Watanabe	0:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.1 WWWLW
- Yuji Tanaka
Badminton
17.07.26	Yuji Tanaka - Kunlavut Vitidsarn	2:1 ✺
15.07.26	Cheuk Yiu Lee - Yuji Tanaka	1:2 ✺
14.07.26	Yuji Tanaka - Shi Feng Li	2:1 ✺
11.06.26	Yuji Tanaka - Ka Long Angus Ng	0:2 ✺
10.06.26	Yuji Tanaka - Xuan Chen Zhu	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 14 WWWLW

Koki Watanabe - Yuji Tanaka