Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles WH1 explained

Event:	Women's singles WH1
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates:	1–4 September 2021
Competitors:	10
Nations:	7
Gold:	Sarina Satomi
Goldnpc:	JPN
Silver:	Sujirat Pookkham
Silvernpc:	THA
Bronze:	Yin Menglu
Bronzenpc:	CHN
Next:	2024

The women's singles WH1 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 1 and 4 September 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[1]

Seeds

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

1. (gold medalist)
2. (silver medalist)
3. (quarter-finals)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage revealed on 26 August 2021.^[3] The group stage was played from 1 to 2 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	18:40	Sarina Satomi	2–0	Kang Jung-kum	21–12	21–7
2 Sep	11:40	Yin Menglu	2–0	Kang Jung-kum	21–16	21–14
2 Sep	18:40	Sarina Satomi	0–2	Yin Menglu	11–21	22–24

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	18:00	Valeska Knoblauch	2–0	Elke Rongen	21–7	21–8
2 Sep	11:40	Karin Suter-Erath	2–0	Elke Rongen	21–6	21–7
2 Sep	19:20		0–2	Karin Suter-Erath	18–21	15–21

Group C

Date	Time	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
1 Sep	18:00	Zhang Jing	2–0	Nina Gorodetzky	21–11	21–12
1 Sep	18:40	Sujirat Pookkham	2–0	Cynthia Mathez	21–12	21–15
2 Sep	11:00	Zhang Jing	2–1	Cynthia Mathez	20–22	25–23	21–12
2 Sep	11:40	Sujirat Pookkham	2–0	Nina Gorodetzky	21–4	21–9
2 Sep	19:20	Nina Gorodetzky	0–2	Cynthia Mathez	15–21	10–21
2 Sep	20:00	Sujirat Pookkham	2–0	Zhang Jing	21–4	21–19

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 WH1 – Seeds. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Olympics.com. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829162602/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BDM/PG2020-_BDM_C48_BDMWSINGLES-01010-----------------.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics draw results . . 26 August 2021.
4. Web site: Badminton Women's Singles WH1 - Bracket Results . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Olympics.com . 2 September 2021 . 2 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210902203109/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/badminton/bracket-women-s-singles-wh1.htm . dead .