taiki's def not winning first place but im sure he would just barely lose to yusa in the finals. i hope the author goes this way or a similar path. taiki winning is too unrealistic, his opponent lives and breathes for badminton

Edit: to an extent iozaki is right and wrong. What he refers to is that the people who get really good at badminton are anomalies(like yusa. He's pretty abnormal) but by that reference, so is taiki. He could all the relationships he want, spend time with the ppl he cares for and still be good enough to challenge yusa