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