2017 KL SEA Games: Women's -63kg

Women's -63kg
Sometimes success in judo competition depends a lot on the luck of the draw. Unfortunately for  our player Norlydiawati, her first round draw in Pool A is against Kiyomi Watanabe of the Phillipines, who is the most accomplished judo player in the entire competition, perhaps in the entire history of the SEA Games.

Watanabe, who trains in Japan, is not only the defending SEA Games champion, she also got a silver medal at the 2017 Oberwart European Judo Open and a bronze medal at the 2017 Paris Grand Slam, one of the hardest tournaments in the world.

She is currently 25th in the IJF world ranking list.

So, the odds are heavily stacked against our player. Still, this is judo and anything can happen. If Norlydiawati can overcome Watanabe, she would be a giant killer indeed.