NAGOYA, Japan, June 4 (Xinhua) — China beat hosts and arch rivals Japan 3-0 to attain its fourth successive win from as many matches within the FIVB Women’s Nations League right here on Sunday.
The three-time Olympic champions received the thriller 25-18, 27-25, 27-25 in entrance of a Japanese residence crowd of 5,500 to complete the primary competitors week undefeated and climb to second place within the standings on 4-0 and 11 factors, slightly below Poland on level ratio.
Japan, who beat China 3-1 in final 12 months’s Nations League, suffered its first loss and slipped to fifth on 3-1 and 9 factors.
China’s outdoors hitter Li Yingying, who scored the winner with a smash, was once more the highest scorer with 20 factors. Middle blocker and captain Yuan Xinyue completed with 10, together with two aces.
Captain Sarina Koga led Japan with 19 factors, and Kotona Hayashi added 13.
China fought again from 16-8 down within the second set to degree the rating at 22-22. They survived a Japanese set level and turned it round at 27-25.
In Sunday’s different matches, Germany defeated Bulgaria 3-2 (18-25, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10), whereas Brazil beat Croatia 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-8).