Two British badminton players, Tom Wolfenden and Peter Briggs, came close to causing a significant upset at the Yonex Japan Open, Badminton England reported on their website on 16 September.
The two Brits were competing against the two-time world champions, Hendra Setiawan and Mohammad Ahsan from Indonesia. Wolfenden and Briggs came within a point of winning the match, but ultimately lost.
Both British players, along with others from the UK squad, trained alongside their Japanese counterparts while in the country.