Another straight sets win delights Japan’s passionate fans

Host nation Japan has recorded its second straight win with a convincing 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-11) result over an outgunned Kazakhstan on night two of the Olympic qualifiers in Tokyo.

Japan started against Kazakhstan in the manner they’d finished 24 hours earlier against Peru – clinical, uninhibited and ruthless.

Spurred on by another sell-out crowd, Japan dominated against a team that, at times, looked flat footed.

Miyu Nagaoka was the star of the opening night, but she took a back seat in the opening set while teammates Haruyo Shimamura and Saori Kimura wreaked havoc on Kazakhstan.

But it wasn’t power that was testing Kazakhstan, more the ability to deal with the floating serve on the soft Japanese block.

At one point Japan lead by just one, 5-4, but that was to be the closest Kazakhstan got in a first set that ended in the hosts’ …

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