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.
The fourth-round win was particularly impressive because the diminutive Niwa dragged himself from a 3-1 hole by ripping off three straight games (12-10, 11-4, 11-8) to close the match.