is a Japanese

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player. She is the member of the San-in Godo Bank badminton club.

Career

Mako Urushizaki's international career includes several tournament finals. In 2016, she reached her first final at the

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, finishing as runner-up to

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of Turkey. She was also the runner-up at the 2017 Finnish Open, losing to compatriot

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. In 2018, competing on home soil, Urushizaki was the runner-up at the

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, a

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Super 100 tournament, where she was defeated by top-seeded Sayaka Takahashi. Urushizaki won her first international titles in 2019. In January, she won the

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by defeating Asuka Takahashi in the final. She secured her second title in October at the Dubai International, where she beat India's Rituparna Das.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

External links

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