Olympics-Badminton-Japan reach women's doubles final
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Misaki Matsumoto and Ayaka Takahashi put Japan in line for their first medal at the Olympic badminton by defeating South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan to reach the final of the women's doubles on Tuesday.
The top-ranked pair defended brilliantly against the world number five Koreans and were too strong at the net in the 21-16 21-15 win at the Riocentro.
The Japanese will play the winner of China's Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang and Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the title-decider on Thursday.
(Editing by Clare Lovell)
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