Table Tennis-Japanese singles medal favourite Ito fired up after wins

TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - Japanese medal favourite Mima Ito outplayed her Portuguese rival on Tuesday to move into the Round of 16 of the Olympic women's singles competition. The world number two, who together with her male compatriot Jun Mizutani brought Japan its first ever gold in the sport after an epic victory against China on Monday night in the mixed doubles, beat Portugal's Yu Fu 4-1.