At the World Table Tennis Championships held in the United States, Japan won more than a bronze medal in three doubles events, including a pair of women's doubles Mima Ito and Hina Hayata.
The World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA, held the quarterfinals of men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles on the 27th.
In the women's doubles, the same 21-year-old pair of Ito and Hayada played against the Romanian pair at the silver medal of the previous tournament.
From the beginning, Ito and Hayada responded firmly to the opponent's serve and accumulated points, and took the first game 11 to 8.
After that, he advanced to the semi-final with a straight win with a game count of 3-0 with a dangerous match.
Since there is no 3rd place playoff in the world championships, the pair of Ito and Hayada has been confirmed to be more than the bronze medal, which is the medal for the third consecutive tournament.
The pair of Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano, who won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics group, played against the pair of China, Wang and Sun Yingsha, who won the gold medal in the previous tournament, and became a competition.
Ishikawa and Hirano couldn't cope with the opponent's intense shots in the final 5th game, so they lost 4 to 11 and lost in the game count 2 to 3 and lost in the best 8.
In the mixed doubles quarter-finals, Tomokazu Harimoto and Hayada's pair beat the Indian pair 3-1 to advance to the semi-finals, scoring a bronze medal or better.
This is the fourth consecutive medal for the Japanese pair to win a medal in this event, and it is Harimoto's first medal in the world championship.
In the men's doubles quarter-finals, the pair of Yukiya Uda and Togami Shunsuke defeated the England pair 3: 1 to advance to the semi-finals, scoring a bronze medal or better.
This is the first time in two tournaments that a Japanese pair has won a medal in this event.