Miu Hirano advances to the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics women’s table tennis singles, while Shunsuke Togami loses in the third round

Miu Hirano advances to the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics women’s table tennis singles, while Shunsuke Togami loses in the third round
Miu Hirano plays in the third round of the women’s singles table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics (Kyodo News)

On the 31st, in the women’s table tennis singles at the Paris Olympics, the 8th seed Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) defeated Batra (India) 4-1 in the third round and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the second round, the 3rd seed Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance) defeated an Egyptian player 4-0 and advanced to the third round.

In the men’s third round, Togami Shunsuke (Imuraya Group) lost 0-4 to Jang Woojin (Korea) and was eliminated. In the second round, sixth seed Harimoto Tomokazu (Tomokazu Planning) defeated an Iranian player 4-2. There was an upset when the top seed Wang Chuqin (China) lost to a Swedish player. (Kyodo)

Source: Japanese