HANGZHOU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Spearheading Japan’s scoring within the girls’s volleyball of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Minami Uesaka dreamed about enjoying for her nation at an Olympic Games.
“I’m really happy to be a part of this Asian team,” Uesaka, who scored 16 factors to steer Japan previous Kazakhstan 25-17, 25-20 and 20-13 in Monday’s pool D match, advised Xinhua by way of an interpreter. “I have been working hard to get here. So I’m really happy that everybody recognizes me and I have a chance to fight in this tournament, but my goal is to play in the Olympic Games. I want to set my goal a little bit higher, I want to try my best to be selected for the national team A in the future.”
The 26-year-old spiker, who started to play volleyball in grade three at main faculty, enjoys the sensation of connecting the ball together with her teammates and goals of being acknowledged by extra folks.
“I prefer team sport rather than individual sport. I like playing with the teammates,” Uesaka stated. “I want to be a player who can get attention from all the people from the outside.”
Uesaka and her teammates are working effectively collectively at this Asian Games. Playing with their second-string squad right here in Hangzhou, the Japanese crew has gained preliminary pool D with three wins in a row.
“I’m getting better as the games went on, and we are moving up to the place we want,” stated Uesaka, who’s enjoying for a senior nationwide crew for the primary time. “I want to see how well I can do against overseas teams, because I usually play against domestic teams.”
Japan, China, Thailand have been thought-about as prime medal contenders within the girls’s volleyball of the Hangzhou Asiad.
“To go to the final, we have to beat Thailand. That’s our first goal. To win the championship, we have to beat China of course. It’s very difficult, but we have to try our best,” Uesaka stated.
Uesaka admitted that she wanted to work more durable to be chosen by the Japanese Team A.
“First, I need to improve my ability to score. Secondly, I need to serve better,” she stated. “I want to get ready to be called by the national team any time.”