Korea recovered to overcome Japan in the Asian battle
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 6, 2016 – Superstar Kim Yeon Koung blasted 30 points leading Korea a 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-21) victory over Japan in the Asian battle that opened the women’s volleyball tournament at Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Pool A.
Yang Hyo Jin contributed 13 points in the win, including four blocks and four aces, and Lee Jaeyeong added 10.
Miyu Nakaoda topped Japan wih 19 points, while Saori Kimura and Yuki Ishii finished with 11 and 10, respectively, in the loss.
Japan dominated the first set with well located serves, including two consecutive aces by Shimamura to put their side out of reach at 20-13. A spike by Shimamura closed the actions.
Korea played amazing defence to overwhelm their opponents in the second set behind the offense of Kim Yeon, who scored with six of her spikes.
Service stats for Korea
Service stats for JapanThe score was closed until halfway in the third set when Korea broke away. Yang scored three of the last four points for Korea in the third set, including two aces.
In the fourth set, Japan came back to close the score with two aces in a row by Saori Sakoda but Korea closed out the actions with a spike by Yang.
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