BANGKOK, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — China rallied to edge defending champions Japan with an epic 23-25, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24, 16-14 victory on the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on Monday.
Neither Japan nor China had beforehand dropped a set, and each had already secured berths within the remaining 4 forward of their encounter on Monday.
Japan, winners of the previous two tournaments, fended off China’s late efforts to take the primary set 25-23. China leveled the scores at 25-20, whereas Japan once more had the higher hand within the third set and gained 25-19.
The fourth set was intently contested and noticed a number of ties on the way in which to 22-22 and 24-24. Then China picked issues as much as win two factors in a row and pressure the tiebreaker at 26-24.
Leading 14-12 within the fifth set, Japan was one level away from the win, solely to see a resilient China bounce again to attain 4 consecutive factors to safe the victory.
China, who’ve an ideal file to date, face Vietnam within the semifinal, whereas Japan vie for a remaining berth in opposition to hosts Thailand.