Japan defend against a spike from Italy’s Valentina Arrighetti
Japan and Italy are ranked third and fourth, respectively, on the FIVB world ranking and before Wednesday, Japan had only lost one of their last five World Grand Prix matches against Italy.
Japan were led by Yukiko Ebata (16 points) and Saori Kimura (15), while Valentina Diouf scored 14 points for Italy.
Japan claimed nine blocking points to Italy’s seven and eight service points to Italy’s two.
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