He was currently the highest-ranked badminton player in the country, but he was only ranked sixth in the world. His opponent, Kento Takeda from the little Japan, was ranked second in the world.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, this match would be very difficult for him. It was not that his skills were not as good as his opponent's, but that his physical strength really could not keep up.
He was going to retire next year, but his opponent was an upright young man. Unfortunately, there was no one in the country who could take over his position in badminton.
He had also heard about the small country's media clamoring to ban them from entering the finals.
This also increased the pressure on him.
In the previous World Championship, he had withdrawn from the competition because of an injury and had already been scolded badly on the internet. If he lost this competition again, those people on the internet would definitely gang up on him.