Japan Open 2026: Sindhu and Christo Popov win their first Super 750 in Tokyo
On 19 July 2026 India's P. V. Sindhu beat Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17 and France's Christo Popov beat Koki Watanabe 21-11, 21-19.
Women's singles
P. V. Sindhu beat Japan's home favourite Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17 in the Japan Open (Super 750) final in Tokyo on Sunday 19 July 2026, according to Outlook India and Gulf News. Both call her the first Indian to win the tournament, ending a title wait of more than two years; Outlook adds that it is her biggest title since the 2019 World Championships and that it was Yamaguchi's sixth Japan Open final.
Men's singles
France's Christo Popov, ranked world No. 5, beat Japan's Koki Watanabe 21-11, 21-19 for his first Super 750 title, reports Orange Sports. He had beaten world No. 1 Shi Yuqi in the quarter-final, and it was his third title of the year after the European Championships and a Super 300 in Mülheim.
The other finals
According to the Indonesian site Gebrak, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri beat Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae 21-19, 21-17 in men's doubles; Kong Hee-yong and her partner won women's doubles 14-21, 21-15, 30-29 over Zhang Shuxian and Jia Yifan; and Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping won mixed doubles 21-14, 14-21, 21-15. The site names Kong's partner Kim So-yeong, while another report we saw names Kim Hye-jeong, so we leave the name out. These results come from a single site.
Why it matters
A 30-29 final game shows the cap in the old 21-point system: from January 2027 games will be played to 15.