Momota has only registered a few lower-level tournaments in the 2023 season due to injury issues and a significant world ranking since the Tokyo Olympics, and won the only title of the year at the Korea Masters in November. On December 15, the Japan Badminton Association officially announced the list of major BWF events in early 2024. Former world No. 1 Kento Momota has confirmed that he will be a substitute in three tournaments next January, namely the 1000-level Malaysia Open (9-14 January 2024), the 750-level India Open Badminton Championships (16-21 January 2024) and the 500-level Indonesia Badminton Masters (23-28 January 2024).
Since there are no qualifiers for the BWF high-level events, whether all Momota Kento can participate in the main event depends on the withdrawal of the competition. Momota's substitute position is R2 at the Malaysia Open and R4 at the India Open, and once no player retires, Momota will have to travel with the team as a sparring partner. As a fan, I still hope that Momota Kento can get more points, so the number of times he will participate will be greatly increased, but with the current combat ability of Momota Kento, it is not easy.
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