Japan had a perfect start of the match, sweeping out “Zbornaya” in the first set, but the Russians showed their strength in the next two and created a turnaround.
Japanese team almost dropped a huge gap in the fourth set 23-18 as Russians approached to 23-22, but the fifth set was on a horizon.
In the tie-break, Asian team had one-point initiative until 7-all but at changing sides, led by unstoppable Tatiana Kosheleva who won almost every point until then, Russia had 8-7.
“Zbornaya” had 12-10 and didn’t let go a two-point gap until the end. Kosheleva finished it with a spike, deservingly 15-13. She ended the game with 34 points, followed by Nataliya Obmochaeva with 22.
In Japan, Saori Kimura scored 23 points. Yuki Ishii collected 13.
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in the fivb website kosheleva scored 34 points.