The News Facts brings you the Results roundup from Olympics 2020, day 2 from Tokyo.
Here are the highlights and results in various sports from this morning and afternoon to bring you on Day 2 at Tokyo 2020:
Badminton: P.V. Sindhu (IND) defeated Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova in straight games in women’s singles Group J; Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting also recorded a straight-games win over Gergely Krausz (HUN) in men’s singles Group J.
Tokyo : Big Results on Day 2, Olympics 2020
Softball: Australia 1 United States 2 in an extra-inning contest, with Monica Abbott (USA) striking out 13 in a complete-game 8-inning effort.
Basketball: Competition is underway, with the Czech Republic beating Iran 84–78 in the men’s opening game.
Beach volleyball: Evandro Goncalves/Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil opened with a 2–1 win over Chile’s Marco and Esteban Grimalt, after dropping the middle set.
Canoe slalom: Competition has begun with the heats. Slovenia’s Benjamin Savsek leads the men’s after the first run with a total time of 98.82.
Hockey: After defending champions Great Britain lost in women’s Pool A to Germany, Australia and New Zealand each recorded victories in Pool B, 3–1 over Spain and 3–0 over Argentina respectively.
Volleyball: There were wins for both U.S. teams today, the men beating France and the women over Argentina, in straight sets.
