<p>Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton's Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday, winning the men's and women's singles titles for the host country.</p>.<p>World number 21 Nishimoto stunned Taiwan's number four seed Chou Tien-chen 21-19, 21-23, 21-17 to finally claim his first international title, having lost in his previous six final appearances.</p>.<p>Nishimoto's win gave the home crowd something to cheer after Japan's number two seed Kento Momota lost in the first round earlier in the week.</p>.<p>The 28-year-old Nishimoto said he was "really happy and also a bit relieved" after landing his first title.</p>.<p>"I was very worried going into the third game," said Nishimoto.</p>.<p>"He's a veteran player with a lot of skill who knows how to play cleverly, so I had to be careful right until the end."</p>.<p>Chou, who reached the semi-finals of last week's world championships in Tokyo, is known as badminton's comeback king but he could not find a way past Nishimoto in the third game.</p>.<p>"I just tried to keep pushing," said Chou.</p>.<p>"It worked in the second set but in the third set I made some mistakes and it was difficult to move closer."</p>.<p>Yamaguchi gave Japan another gold medal to celebrate when she beat South Korea's An Se-young 21-9, 21-15 in the women's final.</p>.<p>Yamaguchi retained her world title last week in Tokyo and she still had enough left in the tank to win her third tournament of the year.</p>.<p>"Me and my opponent were both really tired so I wanted to take control of the game right from the start," said the 25-year-old world number one.</p>.<p>"I had to take it to the limit, and when I hit that limit, I had the crowd to push me forward."</p>.<p>In women's doubles, South Korea's Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong beat their compatriots Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim 23-21, 28-26 to win the title.</p>.<p>Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chan took the honours in men's doubles, beating Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-18, 13-21, 21-17.</p>.<p>In mixed doubles, Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai beat Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 16-21, 23-21, 21-18.</p>
<p>Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton's Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday, winning the men's and women's singles titles for the host country.</p>.<p>World number 21 Nishimoto stunned Taiwan's number four seed Chou Tien-chen 21-19, 21-23, 21-17 to finally claim his first international title, having lost in his previous six final appearances.</p>.<p>Nishimoto's win gave the home crowd something to cheer after Japan's number two seed Kento Momota lost in the first round earlier in the week.</p>.<p>The 28-year-old Nishimoto said he was "really happy and also a bit relieved" after landing his first title.</p>.<p>"I was very worried going into the third game," said Nishimoto.</p>.<p>"He's a veteran player with a lot of skill who knows how to play cleverly, so I had to be careful right until the end."</p>.<p>Chou, who reached the semi-finals of last week's world championships in Tokyo, is known as badminton's comeback king but he could not find a way past Nishimoto in the third game.</p>.<p>"I just tried to keep pushing," said Chou.</p>.<p>"It worked in the second set but in the third set I made some mistakes and it was difficult to move closer."</p>.<p>Yamaguchi gave Japan another gold medal to celebrate when she beat South Korea's An Se-young 21-9, 21-15 in the women's final.</p>.<p>Yamaguchi retained her world title last week in Tokyo and she still had enough left in the tank to win her third tournament of the year.</p>.<p>"Me and my opponent were both really tired so I wanted to take control of the game right from the start," said the 25-year-old world number one.</p>.<p>"I had to take it to the limit, and when I hit that limit, I had the crowd to push me forward."</p>.<p>In women's doubles, South Korea's Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong beat their compatriots Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim 23-21, 28-26 to win the title.</p>.<p>Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chan took the honours in men's doubles, beating Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-18, 13-21, 21-17.</p>.<p>In mixed doubles, Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai beat Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 16-21, 23-21, 21-18.</p>