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First week of action in Rimini bubble concludes with remarkable results
The five undefeated teams of Day 2 at the 2021 FIVB Women s Volleyball Nations League turned into three at the close of the first week of play on Thursday, as USA downed Brazil and Russia lost to the Netherlands - leaving Japan on full points and a clean slate in sets, followed by defending champions USA in second place and Turkey a point behind.
In a rematch of the 2019 final, Sarah Wilhite scored 25 points and kept USA undefeated - a feat that they ll try and carry through into Week 2, as of Monday, when come up against opposition from other continents in Week 2: Serbia, the Netherlands and Thailand.
2021-05-28 17:19 By: Xinhua
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.
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