Softball returns to the Olympics for the first time since 2008. Mexico, Japan, Italy and Australia will battle it out at Fukushima Azuma
Stadium United States defeated Canada 1-0. Japan won its second consecutive softball match as it defeated Mexico 3-2.
Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina, two of India’s top tennis players, will face Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine in the first round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In the opening round, India’s Sumit Nagal will face Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Nagal will have a difficult draw if he overcomes the test of Uzbek in the first round.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia will begin his quest for Olympic success for his country at Tokyo 2020 with a first-round match against Hugo Dellien of Bolivia, while Naomi Osaka of Japan will begin her pursuit for Japan’s first gold medal in tennis against Zheng Saisai of China.