However, Japan performed exceptionally to take the second set with the similar margin 25-12.The third set was the similar script with Japan leading all the way. The Japanese-Ghanian Okumu Oba Fuyumi Hawi, whose father was cheering Japan at the grandstands and who replaced Tokoku since the second set, attacked powerfully to help Japan capture the set 25-12 and match.Ruriko Uesaka top scored with 12 points for Japan including 10 kills from 17 attempts. "We have yet seen how China played, but we had watched Thailand beat Vietnam on Saturday. I think we should make a clean sweep in Pool C," Japanese coach Abo Kiyoshi commented after the match. India pulled their game together with an aim of gaining the pride lost in the first set.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2016 23:48 UTC