RIO DE JANEIRO 20160810 – Japan got its Rio Games back on track in the table tennis competition on Monday, with three of the country’s medal hopes progressing — a welcome change after Kasumi Ishikawa’s shock loss a day earlier.
Koki Niwa had the banner performance of the day, beating top-10 player Wong Chun Ting from Hong Kong in a marathon seven-game match.
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