After a battle lasting more than two hours, Stefano Lavarini’s South Korea gets the pass for the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament beating Japan 3-2. The challenge was decided at the tie break, in which the players led by the Omegnese coach closed the practice with four consecutive points and canceling two match points. Tomorrow the last meeting with Serbia will only serve to sanction the third or fourth place. Also in Group A, Rosamaria Montibeller’s Brazil (opposite of Igor Novara) won the direct clash for first place with Serbia 3-1. The ranking of group A: Brazil 11, Serbia 9, South Korea 7, Dominican Republic 5, Japan 4, Kenya 0.
Bad day for the other Igor players. The Italy of Caterina Bosetti and Cristina Chirichella lost 3-0 to China without ever entering the game. Disappointing performance also for the USA of Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock, overtaken 3-0 by Russia, but still qualified for the quarterfinals with one round to spare like the Russians and Ebrar Karakurt’s Turkey (3-0 over Argentina). In the last round, first place is at stake with Italy-USA and Russia-Turkey. The ranking of group B: Italy 9, Russia, USA 8, Turkey 7, China 4, Argentina 0.