Women’s beach volleyball 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018
18th Asian Games Jakarta
Palembang 2018
China Wins gold In Women’s beach volleyball
In
Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta
China’s
female beach volleyball team took home the 2018 Asian Games gold medal after
beating the Japanese duo at Jakabaring Sports City in Palembang, South Sumatra
on Monday.
The
Chinese duo, Wang Fan and Xinyi Xia bested Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami of
Japan with a final score of 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-10).
In
the first set, Wang Fan and Xinyi Xia were forced to play catch up, but with
hard spikes from Wang Fan, the Chinese athletes managed to even the score to
6-6.
The
Chinese duo continued to pressure their opponents, as they again trailed behind
Mika Ishii and Megumi Murakami 10-15, but finally conceded the set 17-21.
In
the second set, however, with strong support from the spectators, Wang Fan and
Xinyi Xia were able to dominate and develop their game. With strong spikes from
Wang Fan, the Chinese players closed the set with a score of 21-19.
In
the third set, both teams gave their all. Wang Fan and Xia Xinyi, who are taller
than the Japanese duo, managed to capitalize on this physical advantage and
collected one point after another.
The
taller Wang could effectively block spikes from the Japan side and send strong
spikes back. Finally, the Chinese duo closed the match 15-10 and earned a gold
medal for their country.
Mika
Ishii and Megumi Murakami went home with the silver medal, while the bronze
goes to the Indonesian team.
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