HANGZHOU, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — Vietnam upset South Korea 3-2 whereas China and Japan eased previous their respective opponents within the ladies’s volleyball preliminary spherical on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday.
In Pool C, Vietnam recovered from two units right down to stun South Korea 16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-11.
Vietnam spiker Tran Thi Thanh Thuy obtained a game-high 24 factors, whereas Kang So-hwi led South Korea with 23 factors.
It was South Korea’s second loss to Vietnam inside 40 days, following their earlier encounter on the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in August.
South Korea, winner of the Asian Games volleyball event in 2014 and bronze medalists in 2018, are broadly thought of a stronger aspect than Vietnam, however the newest world rankings have Vietnam sitting one place above South Korea in thirty ninth.
China and Japan, the opposite two conventional powerhouses of Asian ladies’s volleyball, met little resistance in Sunday’s motion.
China took a 25-9, 25-9, 25-9 victory over India in Pool A in solely 57 minutes.
“In the last two sets I decided to give my bench players some chances to warm up,” stated China head coach Cai Bin.
“We’ll adjust our form as we face the Asian sides,” he added, after China completed their Olympic qualifiers final Sunday.
In Pool D, Japan smashed Afghanistan 25-2, 25-0, 25-5 in 43 minutes.
Also on Sunday, Thailand received 3-1 over Chinese Taipei, and Kazakhstan beat Hong Kong (China) 3-0.