Japanese women's and men's table tennis teams reached the semifinals of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, with both remaining in the chase for their nation's second medal of the games in the sport.

The reigning Olympic silver medalist women's team beat Thailand 3-0 at South Paris Arena for its second straight whitewash and will now face either India or Germany who play each other on Wednesday.

Japan's Hina Hayata (L) and Miu Hirano are pictured in action during their table tennis women's team quarterfinal match against Thai pair Sawettabut Suthasini Sawettabut and Paranang Orawan at the Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena in Paris on Aug. 6, 2024. (Kyodo)

Japan's Hina Hayata (R) and Miu Hirano react after winning a point during their table tennis women's team quarterfinal match against Thai pair Suthasini Sawettabut and Paranang Orawan at the Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena in Paris on Aug. 6, 2024. (Kyodo)

Fresh off her bronze in the singles, Hina Hayata teamed up with Miu Hirano to win the first match over Sawettabut Suthasini and Paranang Orawan. Then, Miwa Harimoto took down Sawettabut's sister Jinnipa in the first singles.

Hirano returned to the table to close out the match against Paranang.

Earlier, the doubles team of Hiroto Shinozuka and Shunsuke Togami got Japan men's team off to a roaring start with a 3-0 win over Chuang Chih-yuan and Kao Cheng-jui of Taiwan.

Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto is pictured in action in his singles match against Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju during the quarterfinals of the men's table tennis team competition at the Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena in Paris on Aug. 6, 2024. (Kyodo)

Next up, Japan's top-ranked singles player Tomokazu Harimoto fell 3-2 to Lin Yun-ju, leaving the tie drawn at one match apiece, but Togami regained the lead with a crushing 3-0 defeat of Kao that Harimoto converted in the final matchup with Chuang which he won 3-0.

Japan will face Sweden in its semifinal, scheduled for Wednesday.

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