Jun Mizutani took one step towards a national table tennis championships singles-doubles sweep on Saturday when he and partner Masaki Yoshida won the men's doubles title at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Mizutani and Yoshida got the win against Naoaki Matsui and Ryohei Kanoya despite starting the final little slowly. The pair fell behind after a close first game, but from that point onwards were able to grab control of the match to eventually win in four (8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7).
"This is the first time I paired with him (Yoshida) and we didn't have much training time together, but we prepared ourselves well," said Mizutani. "It gives me a lot of confidence to win again, with a different partner."