The Olympic Games continue to pick up speed.
There are the next medals, more disappointments, the next jubilation, some special stories.
Every morning FAZ.NET offers an overview of what has already happened on the German night with a seven-hour time difference to Japan.
Seven match balls and yet no victory:
Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja were very closely eliminated in the quarterfinals of the first table tennis competition of the Tokyo Olympics. Despite a 10: 6 lead in the decisive set, the third place in the World Championship lost to the Japanese Jun Mizutani / Mima Ito 3: 4. The dramatic match at the Metropolitan Gym lasted 73 minutes. Franziska (Saarbrücken) and the individual European champion Solja (Langstadt) had sovereignly solved their compulsory task against the Cubans Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca (4: 0) at the start on Saturday. Against Mizutani, who had won bronze in Rio in 2016, and the world number two Ito, the Germans had the surprise victory on the racket, but they did not want to achieve the last point. They sagged disappointed after the defeat.
Disappointment in judo:
On the second day of the Olympic judo competition, the German starter was eliminated in the first fight. Sebastian Seidl from Abensberg lost his duel in the weight class up to 66 kilometers with the Russian Jakub Schamilow due to penalties in extra time. The 31-year-old was punished with a third Shido and thus disqualified.
Surprise
in tennis:
With the end of Wimbledon winner Ashleigh Barty, there was the first big surprise at the Olympic tennis tournament in Tokyo on the second day of the competition. The Australian world number one lost at her Olympic premiere against the Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in two sets with 4: 6, 3: 6. Sorribes Tormo is number 48 in the world. In addition to the Japanese second in the world rankings Naomi Osaka, who will also start the tournament on Sunday, Barty was considered the top favorite for the gold medal.
Thigh problems:
For the two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray, the summer games in Tokyo are already over in the singles before the first appearance. The 34-year-old Scottish professional tennis player withdrew from the competition on Sunday a few hours before his planned first-round game against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime due to thigh problems. In doubles, however, he wants to play against the German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz in the round of 16.
Zeidler sovereign:
World and European champion Oliver Zeidler also dominated his quarter-finals and made it safely to the semi-finals. One day after his 25th birthday, the rower from Ingolstadt was more than twelve seconds slower on Saturday than at the start of last Friday, but also his Norwegian rival Kjetil Borch and the Greek Stefanos Ntouskos, who were also strong in the run-up, were significantly slower in their quarter-finals . Before that, the men's quadruple scull was the first DRV boat to give away its last chance for an Olympic medal. Max Appel (Magdeburg), Hans Gruhne (Potsdam), Tim Ole Naske (Hamburg) and Karl Schulze (Berlin) came fourth in the hope run and thus missed the A final.
Positive corona test:
American golf star Bryson DeChambeau will miss the Olympic Games because of a positive corona test. The 27-year-old American was diagnosed with the infection before he left for the Japanese capital, the US team said on Sunday. "I am deeply disappointed not to be able to compete for Team USA in the Olympics," said DeChambeau in the announcement. “To represent my country means the world to me. I wish Team USA the best of luck for next week in Tokyo. "
Swimming gold with a world record:
The Australian women's relay set a world record in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle at the Olympic Games. With a time of 3: 29.69 minutes, the swimmers from Australia won the gold medal in Tokyo on Sunday. In the final, they prevailed over the teams from Canada and the USA. The previous record over the distance was 3: 30.05 minutes and was also set by an Australian team in April 2018.