At Vietnam Challenge 2025, the female category witnessed Japanese players dominated. 3/4 women in the semi -finals are Japanese representatives. One of them is Osawa Kaho and Tanabe Mai. They lost to Sato Akari and Osawa Hina, who later won the championship.
A lot of changes have come to the aforementioned players after only 4 months. Sato Akari announced the retirement, when Vietnam Challenge and her was considered a failure, when she could not go deep in the content of the couple. Osawa Hina suddenly had the opportunity to play World Tour when playing next to Watanabe Yuta.
As for Osawa Kaho and Tanabe Mai, they took a rare opportunity to play in a World Tour Award like Macau expanded to shine. Earlier, they also reached the expansion of Canada, as well as expanded Japanese round 2. In Macau expanded, this duo is arranged seed No. 7.
On the journey to the 2025 expansion final, Osawa Kaho and Tanabe Mai have not lost any set. They defeated strong athletes of Malaysia, China and Taipei China. The two will encounter the 3rd Chinese Taipei athletes in a row in the final.
After Lin Xiao Min – Peng Yu Wei, Lin Chih Chun – Lin Wang Ching, the pair of Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En Tzu will become the last obstacle for Osawa Kaho and Tanabe Mai. The Chinese Taipei duo is currently ranked 12th in the world, is the No. 2 seed in the tournament and is highly appreciated.
