{"id":51812,"date":"2020-03-07T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T15:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=51812"},"modified":"2020-03-07T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T15:31:06","slug":"usa-japan-pairs-continue-dominance-at-guam-beach-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/usa-japan-pairs-continue-dominance-at-guam-beach-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"USA, JAPAN PAIRS CONTINUE DOMINANCE AT GUAM BEACH CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Hagatna, Guam, March 7, 2020 \u2013 Two pairs each from the USA and Japan will contest the semifinals at the women\u2019s Guam Beach Cup 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51814\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2.png 480w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-300x259.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three of the four final pairs, two from Japan and one from the USA, are still unbeaten in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Schermerhorn\/Kimberley Hildreth of the USA, Kaho Sakaguchi\/Reika Murakami of Japan, Franziska Friedl\/Eva Pfeffer of Austria and Ida Sinisalo\/Anna Rantala made it into the quarterfinals after winning their matches in the round of 12.<\/p>\n<p>They met the top seeds from Pools A, B, C and D in the quarterfinals. Only Schermerhorn\/Hildreth survived into the semifinals after defeating Akiko Hasewa\/Azusa Futami, 21-18 and 21-19.<\/p>\n<p>The second pair to guarantee its place in the final four was Delaynie Maple\/Megan Kraft of the USA, who continue to surprise in the tournament. The 17-year-old duo beat Japan\u2019s Kaho\/Reika, the winners of the one-star in Tel Aviv in 2019, in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>Maple\/Kraft will meet Schermerhorn\/Hildreth, a team they\u2019ve already beaten earlier in this competition\u2019s Pool D matches, in the semis.<\/p>\n<p>The second semifinal will be contested by Japanese pairs Ayumi Kusano\/Suzuka Hasimoto and Yurika Sakaguchi\/Chiyo Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p>Kusano\/Hasimoto defeated Friedl\/Pfeffer in a three-set quarterfinal. The Japanese team won the first set, 21-10, but then the Austrians fought back and won the second set, 21-18. Kusano\/Hasimoto took the third, 15-8.<\/p>\n<p>Sakaguchi\/Chiyo beat Sinisalo\/Rantala in three as well. Sakaguchi\/Chiyo lost the first set by three points, 18-21, but then recovered to take the win after two more sets, 24-22 and 15-5.<\/p>\n<p>With the semifinals set, a USA versus Japan final is guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>In gold medal matches on the FIVB Volleyball World Tour, the USA has a 1-0 win record against Japanese women. That dates back to 1996 in Pusan, Korea, when Lisa Arce\/Holly McPeak defeated Yukiko Ishizaka\/Yukiko Takahashi.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the FIVB star system in 2017, women\u2019s pairs from the USA have won nine one-star titles. Japan is second with seven, the Netherlands third with five.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural women\u2019s Guam Beach Cup has a US$5,000 prize fund, with the winning team sharing US$1,000.<\/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>Hagatna, Guam, March 7, 2020 \u2013 Two pairs each from the USA and Japan will contest the semifinals at the women\u2019s Guam Beach Cup 2020. 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