{"id":44784,"date":"2019-08-03T04:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=44784"},"modified":"2019-08-03T04:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:19:28","slug":"japanese-duo-kaho-and-reika-reach-ljubljana-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/japanese-duo-kaho-and-reika-reach-ljubljana-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPANESE DUO KAHO AND REIKA REACH LJUBLJANA QUARTERFINALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2, 2019 \u2013 Japan\u2019s Kaho Sakaguchi and Reika Murakami dominated group stage in women\u2019s Pool D, joining three European pairs who advanced straight to the quarterfinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Ljubljana 1-star on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44786\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3500\" height=\"1909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2-5-600x327.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3500px) 100vw, 3500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kaho and Reika recorded straight-set victories over Cyprus\u2019 Manolina Konstantinou and Mariota Angelopoulou (21-15, 21-17) and Slovenia\u2019s Tjasa Kotnik and Tjasa Jancar (21-15, 21-17) in Pool D, where heavy rain halted the competition in Crnuce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy that we made it directly among top eight teams. As for Saturday, I hope for more wins, we even want to go all the way to the end and win the tournament. I am looking forward to playing on centre court,\u201d said Sakaguchi on their big plans at Ljubljana.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Inna and Iryna Makhno can call Ljubljana their second home, as they are competing for the fourth time in the Slovenian capital and have shown promising performances, including their current performance which earned them a spot in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first set of our second match was very hard because we lost it, but after that we got our focus back. We started to play better and finally we won. We are very happy,\u201d the Ukrainian twin sisters said.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands\u2019 Julia Wouters and Katja Stam and Norway\u2019s Victoria Faye Kjolberg and Ane Guro Tveit sealed Day 1 of the main draw with two wins apiece to get the ticket to the quarterfinals.<\/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>Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 2, 2019 \u2013 Japan\u2019s Kaho Sakaguchi and Reika Murakami dominated group stage in women\u2019s Pool D, joining three European pairs who advanced straight to the quarterfinals of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44785,"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-44784","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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