RIMINI, Italy, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan, the United States and Turkey remained unbeaten after the conclusion of the first week of play at the 2021 FIVB women's Volleyball Nations League.
Japan, who had hammered reigning Olympic champions China 3-0 on Wednesday, beat South Korea 25-18, 25-18 and 27-25 for their third straight victory. Sarina Koga led the Japanese scoring with 20 points and Mayu Ishikawa added 18.
"In the first and second sets we played a good game against Korea. In the third, we struggled to close the set and match, but eventually we managed to do it," said Ishikawa. "We have had a great start in the tournament, and we want to continue it this way. We will do our best in the next matches."