Jiangmen, China, July 1, 2024 – Formidable Japan bought their title defence off to an excellent begin with lopsided 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-11) win towards India of their opening Pool B encounter of the twenty second Asian Girls’s U20 Volleyball Championship on the Jiangmen Sports activities Middle Gymnasium right here on Monday.
Japan, which surprised China in straight units within the showdown to efficiently retain their title on the earlier version two years in the past in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, began aggressively to guide 4-0, however India bounced again, with outdoors hitter Kavita unleashing sharp assaults to assist the group win three factors on the trot.
At 5-5, Japan cruised on offensively, whereas India tried to enhance on their reception and retrieves. Outdoors hitter Riri Kasai proved unstoppable pressure of Japan as she carried out ace serves and mighty assaults to place the group in entrance with an 8-point benefit at 19-11. India tried arduous to catch them, however their makes an attempt have been in useless. Japan went on their relentless assaults to take the primary set 25-14.
The second set remained an identical script because the Japanese women gained the higher hand to race to a 20-9 lead, due to their consistency and mixture assaults by Miku Akimoto and Minami Nishimura. India put up a courageous battle, hoping for a comeback. Nonetheless, Japan carried out properly defensively and stormed on to say the fully one-sided second set 25-11.
With Riri Kasai hitting powerfully, Japan continued their onslaughts within the third set, showcasing their prowess with swift counter-attacks and stable blocks to take the commanding 15-8 lead. Assured of successful this set with out a lot bother, Japan head coach Hiroyuki Yamaguchi gave his first string gamers a breather, introducing substitutions to the courtroom together with the 193cm Japanese-American Keila Tamura. An attacking error from Kavita handed Japan the set and match level earlier than Japanese-Nigerian Anna Uemura carried out an ace service to finish the Indian problem.
Anna Uemura chipped in with 12 factors together with 11 kills from 15 makes an attempt for Japan, whereas Riri Kasai and Miku Akimoto stored good firm to contribute 10 and 9 factors respectively. Japan restricted the opponents’ offense which noticed no Indian participant attain double digits. Kavita led India with 7 factors, all in assault.
Japan dominated India in kills (49 to 16), blocks (3-0) and aces (8-0), however the Indian women benefitted from the opponent errors (20-15).
“We had offense on this match towards India. Nonetheless, to win a match, now we have to provide you with good defence and offense. In my group, each participant has an equal probability to play on courtroom, but when given an opportunity, she should play her greatest. Though my women performed properly on this match, however Niina Kuwagai and Riri Kasai have been the 2 gamers with extra excellent efficiency,” Japan’s head coach Hiroyuki Yamaguchi stated of his group.
Japan subsequent tackle Hong Kong, China on Tuesday, whereas India have a relaxation day.
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