Rika Fujiwara and Kei Sawaki trailed Yufei Long and Andie Dikosavljevic 10-7 in the deciding game of their Women's Doubles quarterfinal at the Sansan Tokyo Open 2026. The third seeds did not win another point. Fujiwara and Sawaki took it 12-10, 9-11, 12-10.
Hatakeyama wins twice on home courts
Nasa Hatakeyama reached the Men's Singles semifinals with two wins in a day. The first was an all-Japan meeting with fifth seed Kenta Miyoshi, who took the opening game 11-9 before Hatakeyama won the second 12-10 and the decider 11-1. He then beat Jimmy Liong 11-7, 11-5.
Liong had knocked out the fourth seed Grayson Goldin in the round of 16.
Hargreaves beats Shimabukuro
Mitchell Hargreaves beat the second seed Tama Shimabukuro after losing the first game 9-11, taking the next two 11-5 and 11-9. It set up a semifinal against Hatakeyama, whom Hargreaves had beaten 11-5, 11-1 in the round of 16 at the Panas Malaysia Open 2025, the tour's first ever stop.
Quarterfinal results
Event | Round | Winner | Defeated | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | Luc Pham (USA) | 11-8, 11-6 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Mitchell Hargreaves (AUS) | Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Zane Ford (USA) | Brandon French (USA) | 11-8, 14-12 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Nasa Hatakeyama (JPN) | Jimmy Liong Kai Long (MAS) | 11-7, 11-5 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Lingwei Kong (CHN) | Hannah Blatt (CAN) | 11-8, 11-9 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) | Andie Dikosavljevic (AUS) | 8-11, 11-3, 11-5 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Rika Fujiwara (JPN) | Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) | 11-3, 12-10 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Kiora Kunimoto (USA) | Aiko Yoshitomi (JPN) | 11-6, 11-1 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Yuta Funemizu (JPN) / Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | Wil Shaffer (USA) / Zane Navratil (USA) | 12-10, 11-3 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Eunggwon Kim (KOR) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | Luc Pham (USA) / Grayson Goldin (USA) | 11-5, 11-9 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Collin Johns (USA) / Len Yang (USA) | Nasa Hatakeyama (JPN) / Marco Leung (MAC) | 11-3, 11-2 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Brandon French (USA) / Wyatt Stone (USA) | Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) / Robert Stirling (AUS) | 11-8, 11-7 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) / Sophia Nhi Huynh (VIE) | Aiko Yoshitomi (JPN) / Lingwei Kong (CHN) | 11-9, 11-7 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Rika Fujiwara (JPN) / Kei Sawaki (JPN) | Yufei Long (CHN) / Andie Dikosavljevic (AUS) | 12-10, 9-11, 12-10 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Chloe Diskin (USA) / Kiora Kunimoto (USA) | Albie Huang (TPE) / Hannah Blatt (CAN) | 11-8, 11-4 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) / Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) | Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall (USA) / Nok Yiu Tang (HKG) | 11-5, 11-8 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Yufei Long (CHN) / Len Yang (USA) | Aiko Yoshitomi (JPN) / Lucas Pascoe (AUS) | 11-6, 11-2 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Joseph Wild (AUS) | Rika Fujiwara (JPN) / Nasa Hatakeyama (JPN) | 11-7, 11-5 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) / Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | Kiora Kunimoto (USA) / Wyatt Stone (USA) | 11-2, 11-2 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Kara Wheatley (HKG) / Eunggwon Kim (KOR) | Lingwei Kong (CHN) / Yuta Funemizu (JPN) | 11-7, 11-5 |
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Results verified against the official bracket on pickleballtournaments.com and the PPA Tour Asia tournament page. Photographs: PPA Tour Asia.