Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5 explained

Event:	Women's singles SU5
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates:	1–4 September 2021
Competitors:	10
Nations:	8
Gold:	Yang Qiuxia
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Ayako Suzuki
Silvernpc:	JPN
Bronze:	Akiko Sugino
Bronzenpc:	JPN
Next:	2024

The women's singles SU5 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 1 and 4 September 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[1]

Format

10 Players entered the competition, They were divided in 3 Groups(A,B,C). Best 2 group winners got byes to semifinals and the rest group winner and runners up competed in Quarter-finals for 2 semi-finals berths.

Seeds

These were the seeds for this event:^[2]

1. (silver medalist)
2. (gold medalist)
3. (group stage)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage revealed on 26 August 2021.^[3] The group stage was played from 1 to 3 September. The top two winners of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.

Group A

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	20:40	Ayako Suzuki	2–0	Palak Kohli	21–7	21–4
2 Sep	13:40	Zehra Bağlar	0–2	Palak Kohli	12–21	18–21
3 Sep	13:40	Ayako Suzuki	2–0	Zehra Bağlar	21–12	21–8

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	20:40	Kaede Kameyama	1–2	Akiko Sugino	22–20	15–21	16–21
2 Sep	14:40		1–2	Akiko Sugino	21–15	13–21	15–21
3 Sep	14:40		0–2	Kaede Kameyama	20–22	13–21

Group C

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	18:40		0–2	Beatriz Monteiro	12–21	19–21
1 Sep	18:40	Yang Qiuxia	2–0	Ritah Asiimwe	21–2	21–6
2 Sep	13:40	Yang Qiuxia	2–0	Beatriz Monteiro	21–10	21–9
2 Sep	14:40	Megan Hollander	2–0	Ritah Asiimwe	21–6	21–7
3 Sep	13:40	Yang Qiuxia	2–0	Megan Hollander	21–8	21–9
3 Sep	14:40	Beatriz Monteiro	2–0	Ritah Asiimwe	21–2	21–5

Finals

The knockout stage was played from 3 to 4 September.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton . . Olympics.com . 26 August 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828070058/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/badminton/ . dead .
2. Web site: Women's singles SU5 – Seeds. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympics.com. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829162615/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BDM/PG2020-_BDM_C48_BDMWSINGLES-05010-----------------.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics draw results . . 26 August 2021.
4. Web site: Badminton Women's Singles SU5 - Bracket Results . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Olympics.com . 2 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903132308/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/bracket-women-s-singles-su5.htm . dead .