In the Tokyo Olympics and beach volleyball men's qualifying league, the pair of Japanese players Yusuke Ishijima and Katsuhiro Shiratori of Group F lost to the Italian pair in the second round with a set count of 0 to 2, resulting in two consecutive losses.
The Beach Valley Men's Qualifying League will be held at Shiokaze Park in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. 24 teams will be divided into 6 groups of 4 teams to fight in a round-robin manner, and 16 teams will advance to the final tournament.
The pair of Ishijima and Shiratori, who ranked 80th in the world ranking of Group F, lost to the Polish pair in the first match on the 25th, and in the second match on the 27th, they won the silver medal at the previous Rio de Janeiro tournament and ranked 11th in the world ranking. I played against an Italian pair.
In the first set, Shiratori, who will be participating in the third Olympics in beach volleyball, took three consecutive points with skillful spikes aiming at the empty space of the court and called in the flow, and Ishijima's powerful spikes and blocks continued after that. So, I led 4 points.
However, at the end of the game, he couldn't keep the spike from the high RBI of the Italian pair and was reversed, dropping the set 19-21.
The competition continued in the second set, but in the middle of the race, Japan lost the set count of 0 to 2 and lost two consecutive qualifying rounds, as it was blocked by a high block from the Italian pair.
Japan will face Germany, which is ranked 17th in the world ranking, in the match on the 31st.
Katsuhiro Shiratori "Don't make mistakes easily in the game"
Shiratori, who will be participating in the third Olympics in beach volleyball, said, "I didn't make mistakes easily in the game, and the accuracy of the attack and serve when I raised the gear by one step was high." rice field.
Yusuke Ishijima "I want to win"
Ishijima recalled, "Compared to the first match, we were able to play better, but I felt that we were good at carrying the opponent's match. We also learned a lot."
And, for the final match of the qualifying league against the German pair on the 31st of this month, Ishijima said, "People who can not come to the venue are supporting us through the video, so we fought with them. I want to win. "