Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino moved one step closer to a Tokyo Games medal on Wednesday, becoming the first Japanese pair to reach the semifinals of an Olympic mixed doubles tournament when they sent the third seeds packing.Facing the Thai pairing of Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai, the 2019 world bronze medalists from Japan showed great poise to recover from a first game loss to dominate proceedings in the final two stanzas, wrapping the match 15-21, 21-16, 21-14."I am just so happy to advance to the semifinals. We have our sights set on a gold medal so we are focuse…READ FULL ARTICLE