Japan took one more major step toward a Rio 2016 women's team table tennis medal with a 3-0 quarterfinal win over Austria on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the Japan men's team struggled and required all five matches, but got through Poland thanks to Jun Mizutani and booked a quarterfinal of their own.
With the trio of Kasumi Ishikawa, Ai Fukuhara and Mima Ito not yet dropping a match in two rounds, things are looking very positive for their march to a likely meeting with China in the gold-medal match, a repeat of the 2012 London Games.