{"id":37988,"date":"2019-04-05T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=37988"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:44:16","slug":"japanese-teams-succeed-on-first-day-of-main-draw-at-battambang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/japanese-teams-succeed-on-first-day-of-main-draw-at-battambang\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPANESE TEAMS SUCCEED ON FIRST DAY OF MAIN DRAW AT BATTAMBANG"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Battambang, Cambodia, April 5, 2019 \u2013 Two Japanese duos won their first two matches in the main draw opener\u00a0on Friday\u00a0to advance to the quarterfinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Battambang 1-star.<\/p>\n<p>Top seeds Sakurako Fujii and Minori Kumada\u2019s main draw start went off without a hitch as they recorded double straight-set wins, while their compatriots Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba survived tough finishes in two three-setters.<\/p>\n<p>Sakurako and Kumada started with a clinical 2-0 (21-3, 21-4) win over Cambodia\u2019s Leap Sara and Oeur Kunthea then completed their day\u2019s mission in Pool A as they triumphed against Germany\u2019s Anika Krebs and Leonie Welsch 2-0 (21-14, 21-9).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37990\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2-10-600x327.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/>In Pool B, Ishitsubo and Shiba edged Israel\u2019s Sofia Starikov and Anika Dave 2-1 (21-18, 16-21, 15-6) before prevailing against the second-seeded Colombian sister duo Claudia and Andrea Galindo in the day\u2019s toughest match 2-1 (22-20, 17-21, 20-18).<\/p>\n<p>Greece\u2019s Konstantina Tsopoulou and Dimitra Manavi and the United States\u2019 Lara Dysktra and Cassie House also cruised to the quarterfinals as they dominated with two wins in Pool C and Pool D, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Greeks won both their matches in straight sets against Singapore\u2019s Eliza Chong and Serene Ng and Russia\u2019s Aleksandra Ganenko and Anastasiia Frolova, while the Americans had a straight-set win against Cambodia\u2019s Samrith Jeudi and San Soma and a tough tie-break triumph against Latvia\u2019s Varvara Brailko and Anete Namike.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battambang, Cambodia, April 5, 2019 \u2013 Two Japanese duos won their first two matches in the main draw opener\u00a0on Friday\u00a0to advance to the quarterfinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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