In the Tokyo Olympics and table tennis women's singles, Kasumi Ishikawa advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Austrian players in the fourth round with a straight game count of 4-0.

On the 27th of the 5th day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Ishikawa played against Austrian Sofia Polcanova in the 4th round of women's singles for table tennis.



From the beginning, Ishikawa accumulated points with various serves and aggressive attacks, and took the first game 11 to 8.



After robbing the second game that followed, in the third game, he was tossed by a rally that swung the ball to the left and right, making the best use of the length of the limbs of Polkanova, and was involved in the deuce for the first time in this game, but again aggressively attacking. I pierced and robbed it 12:10.



Ishikawa also took the 4th game and won the straight with a game count of 4-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.



Ishikawa has been in the top 8 of women's singles at the Olympic Games for the first time in two tournaments since the 2012 London Games.

"I was also inspired by the gold medal of the Mizutani-Ito pair."

Ishikawa said, "I was a little nervous after the first match yesterday, and I was also inspired by the fact that Mizutani and Ito won the gold medal."



After that, he said, "I thought I'd do my best as a challenger from the beginning, so I was able to play well. I want to do my best so that we can continue," he said with enthusiasm for the quarterfinals.