Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito hugged each other and cried as they clung to victory against Germany on Sunday, while China's powerful pairing of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen said they will take a nap after winning the mixed doubles quarterfinals on Sunday.
Mizutani, 32, and 20-year-old Ito got off to a strong start in the first game with an 11-8 win, but German paddlers Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja fought back against the Japanese duo to tie the match at 3-3.With a pat on the back from her partner in the last point of the deciding seventh game, Ito confidently secured victory for the pair with a serve that their opponent couldn't return.
"Mizutani has been like a big brother to me since we were young, and someone whom I respect and admire. I'm really happy to be able to compete in the mixed doubles with him," Ito told reporters.Advertisement The Chinese duo will be pitted against French paddlers Emmanuel Lebesson and Yuan Jia Nan, who clinched their ticket to the semifinals in a heated battle against Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong.
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